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rmatio

Read and Write 'Matlab' Files

v0.19.0 · Dec 13, 2023 · GPL-3

Description

Read and write 'Matlab' MAT files from R. The 'rmatio' package supports reading MAT version 4, MAT version 5 and MAT compressed version 5. The 'rmatio' package can write version 5 MAT files and version 5 files with variable compression.

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CRAN

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r2u CRAN

28

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126

Last 90 days

450

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autoCRAN

6

Last 7 days

15

Last 30 days

1

All-time

autoCRAN-only: this name is served only by autoCRAN, so the count is exact.

conda-forge CRAN

113

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396

Last 90 days

2.6K

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Trend: -45.7% (30d vs prior 30d)

CRAN Check Status

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

Check History

OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026
WARNING 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

top-level files

Output from running autoreconf:
  autom4te: error: cannot create autom4te.cache in /tmp/RtmpcnJJ5m/file18c8946cbd76f6: No space left on device
  aclocal: error: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
  autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Code

Structure

Lines of code

24,883

Files

54

Compiled share

82.9%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 332 (1.3%)C/C++/src 20,625 (82.9%)Tests 3,680 (14.8%)Docs 246 (1%)

API

Exported functions

1

Internal functions

0

Recent export changes

v0.7.0+1 read.mat

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

11.08

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

100%

\dontrun example ratio

50%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

100%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.2

System requirements

2

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

12

First release

2014-01-10

Latest release

2023-12-13

Avg cadence

222 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

2

LOC over versions

v0.7.0: 21,341 LOCv0.9.0: 24,523 LOCv0.10.0: 24,583 LOCv0.11.0: 24,587 LOCv0.12.0: 24,397 LOCv0.13.0: 21,007 LOCv0.14.0: 24,425 LOCv0.15.0: 24,309 LOCv0.16.0: 24,425 LOCv0.17.0: 24,425 LOCv0.18.0: 24,885 LOCv0.19.0: 24,883 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Reverse Dependencies (4)

suggests

rio

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies Matrix NormalityAssessment StatTeacherAssistant rTwig rio rmatio

Version History

13 tracked
new 0.19.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.19.0 ← 0.18.0 diff Dec 12, 2023
updated 0.18.0 ← 0.17.0 diff Feb 5, 2023
updated 0.17.0 ← 0.16.0 diff Jan 24, 2023
updated 0.16.0 ← 0.15.0 diff Oct 26, 2021
updated 0.15.0 ← 0.14.0 diff Jun 13, 2021
updated 0.14.0 ← 0.13.0 diff Mar 17, 2019
updated 0.13.0 ← 0.12.0 diff Mar 9, 2019
updated 0.12.0 ← 0.11.0 diff Jul 27, 2017
updated 0.11.0 ← 0.10.0 diff Dec 16, 2014
updated 0.10.0 ← 0.9.0 diff May 9, 2014
updated 0.9.0 ← 0.7.0 diff Jan 17, 2014
new 0.7.0 Jan 10, 2014