Based on Jochens answer i propose a different variant that does a good job for me.
I wrote a Matlab Script to prepare the m-file automatically (see my GitLab Repositroy with examples).
It does the following:
In Matlab for class table:
Does the same like Jochens example, but binds the data together. So it is easier to load multiple variables. The names "table" and "columns" are mandatory for the next part.
YourVariableName = struct('table', struct(TableYouWantToLoad), 'columns', {struct(TableYouWantToLoad).varDim.labels})
save('YourFileName', 'YourVariableName')
In Matlab for class dataset:
Alternative, if you have to handle the old dataset type.
YourVariableName = struct('table', struct(DatasetYouWantToLoad), 'columns', {get(DatasetYouWantToLoad,'VarNames')})
save('YourFileName', 'YourVariableName')
In Python:
import scipy.io as sio
mdata = sio.loadmat('YourFileName')
mtable = load_table_from_struct(mdata['YourVariableName'])
with
import pandas as pd
def load_table_from_struct(table_structure) -> pd.DataFrame():
# get prepared data structure
data = table_structure[0, 0]['table']['data']
# get prepared column names
data_cols = [name[0] for name in table_structure[0, 0]['columns'][0]]
# create dict out of original table
table_dict = {}
for colidx in range(len(data_cols)):
table_dict[data_cols[colidx]] = [val[0] for val in data[0, 0][0, colidx]]
return pd.DataFrame(table_dict)
It is independent from loading the file, but basically a minimized versions of Jochens Code. So please give him kudos for his post.