loading .mat and .m files with loadmat in Python

Question

I am currently taking a Neural Network course, and I am trying to load a .mat file from Python using scipy.io.loadmat(filename), but I keep getting

Answer 1

You can use MATLAB Engine API to run .m files and MATLAB functions. it can also load .mat files as well, but could be a bit slow. https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html