MATLAB file on opening showing weird symbols or letters

I had saved a .m file and today when i tried opening the file it just shows some symbols and letters like

MATLAB 5.0 MAT-file, Platform: PCWIN64, Created on: Fri Aug 9 16:22:11 2024

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Answer 1

[nick]

Hi Mayank,

I understand that you are getting weird symbols when opening a .M file.

The attached text states that it is a .MAT file instead of .M file.The weird symbols and letters occur as the .MAT file is saved as a .M file, for example by using the following command:

save FileName.m

You can see the information inside the .M file by using the following command:

whos -file FileName.m

You may refer to the following MATLAB Answer to learn more about the difference between M and MAT files :

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/27048-difference-between-m-and-mat-files

Hope this helps!