## Load utility MATLOAD

MATLOAD is a Matlab function that loads Matlab datafiles into the workspace. By default it will search for *.MAT files, using the FDC data-directory as starting point. If that directory can't be found, MATLOAD will use the current working directory instead and display a warning message. It is possible to specify a default filename too; both filename and extension can be overruled in the load dialog window.

### Usage

`matload`
will open a dialog box with all available MAT-files in the used data-directory.

`matload('filename')`
will do the same, except 'filename.mat' will be used as default filename (this can still be overruled by selecting a different file from the load dialog). Wildcards '?' and/or '*' may be used.

Note: Specifying a non-existing filename as default MAT-file does not yield an error, unless one actually tries to open this non-existing file from the load dialog.

### Related utilities

Other, similar, load utilities for the FDC toolbox are DATLOAD, TRILOAD, and LINLOAD. These load functions are all based upon FDCLOAD.