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Standard File Formats
Text, spreadsheets, images, scientific data, audio and video, XML documents
Standard file format functions read data from popular file formats, including spreadsheets, text, images, audio, and video. For details, see Supported File Formats for Import and Export.
You can read many of these formats interactively by selecting Import Data on the Home tab to open the Import Tool.
Categories
- Text Files
Delimited and formatted text files
- Spreadsheets
Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets
- Image Data
JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and other formats
- Scientific Data
netCDF, HDF, FITS, and CDF formats
- Audio and Video Data
Read and write video and audio files; Record and play audio
- Structured Data and XML Documents
Work with structured data and Extensible Markup Language documents
- JSON Format
JavaScript® Object Notation format
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