Read .mat files in Python

Question

Is it possible to read binary MATLAB .mat files in Python?

I\'ve seen that SciPy has alleged support for reading .mat files, but I\'m unsuccessful with it. I install

Answer 1

Reading the file

import scipy.io
mat = scipy.io.loadmat(file_name)

Inspecting the type of MAT variable

print(type(mat))
#OUTPUT - 

The keys inside the dictionary are MATLAB variables, and the values are the objects assigned to those variables.