Slightly technical coding question, #Matlab to #Python:
What's the simplest way to read a Matlab table in Python?
Or, if that's not possible, what should I convert my Matlab table to so I can read it in python? 🙏
It's quite a big table with "nested" data i.e. some of the columns contain different-lengths arrays for each row and some contain matrices.

Links I've tried without success:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25853840/load-matlab-tables-in-python-using-scipy-io-loadmat (csv doesn't save all the data)
https://pythonguides.com/python-scipy-load-mat-file/ (about reading .mat files but does not seem to work with tables)

Links I haven't tried:
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/use-matlab-tables-and-timetables-in-python.html (I believe this relies on having a working version of Matlab to use Matlab.engine to read the file, which kinds of defeats the purpose)

#Programming #NeuroMethods

In Defense of Matlab Code

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What is a good plotting tool for making 3D surface graphs? My goal is to explain how if you have a curve

y = A*x^3 + B*exp(sin(3x))

you can graph x vs y but also x vs y vs A to show how varying the parameter shifts the family of curves so you can find a best fit by comparing x and y from data to x and y in your model.

I am pretty sure excel will refuse outright, I have #python I have #mathematica I have #matlab . I am fine coding, just not fidding with 1000 things to make a legible graph.

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Just discovered the true meaning of the name Alfonso, straight outta North Carolina:
Alfonso = ALgorithm FOr Non-Symmetric Optimization 😄 😁 😆
Source: https://github.com/dpapp-github/alfonso

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