How to Convert Igor to Matlab

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Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:30 am

Hey, guys, I'm new to Matlab and Igor Pro and I'd like to know if there is a way to open Igor files in Matlab.
I have a .pxp file and I need to open it with Matlab program. I browsed the whole net and didn't find a program that could convert .pxp to .mat.
If there isn't a convertion program, does anybody know if there is a routine in Matlab that could help me?

Leo
I don't think that you can find anything like that. How should matlab execute the procedures from Igor (or vice versa)?
If you are only interested in the waves, you can export them in one program and open them in the other one.

The format for the pxp format is documented in a Igor Pro Tech note "PTN003 Writing Packed Files".
So you could write a C library for MATLAB to read the waves out of a pxp. But this might get a bit involved though.

Hope that helps,
Thomas

April 12, 2011 at 01:23 am - Permalink