Difficulty opening MATLAB file

Hi,

I downloaded some data, and now I'm trying to analyze it. However, I can't seem to open it. Here is what happens:

fid = fopen('trainingSet.txt');
tline = fgetl(fid);
>> tline
tline =
MATLAB 5.0 MAT-file, Platform: PCWIN, Created on: Mon Mar 08 15:49:49 2010
>> fclose(fid)
ans =
     0
>> temp = load('trainingSet.txt', '-mat');
Error using load
Unable to read MAT-file D:\Olfactory Dataset\Pleasantness\trainingSet.txt

File may be corrupt.

I redownloaded the file on another machine and I'm getting the same error. I'm using R2011b (64 bit) on Win7.

Here is the link to the data, if anybody wants to try: http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/fetchSingleRepresentation.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000740.s002

One more piece of information:

whos -file trainingSet.txt
  Name           Size                Bytes  Class     Attributes

    expSubset      1x424            77767868  struct

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Christopher Kanan]

It is possible to salvage the file using the tool here: <http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-5U76BJ/index.html?product=ML&solution=1-5U76BJ>

I don't know if there is a better way to do this.

Answer 2

[Andrew Newell]

I get the same problem, so maybe it is corrupt. You should try contacting the authors.