Re: .MAT files cannot be loaded

[Andreas Weber]

Am 04.12.2015 um 11:38 schrieb Jonathan Camilleri:
> Still there is a problem.

>>> addpath (fullfile ("C:", "Users", "Administrator, "Downloads"))
> parse error:
> 
>   syntax error

You have to include all strings in single or double quotes. See your
string Administrator, the closing double quote is missing.

>>> addpath("C:/Users/Administrator/Downloads")
>>> load("._irisData.mat")
> ...
> error: load: unable to determine file format of '._irisData.mat'

This tells you that GNU Octave isn't able to determine its format. If I
use "file" I see:

$ file ._irisData.mat
._irisData.mat: AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file

which leads me to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleSingle_and_AppleDouble_formats

What program was used to create the file you are trying to load?