title: How to open following mat file in python
body: <p>I have created following .mat file in MATLAB with '-v7.3' flag. I need this flag due to huge data-size. I used following command in MATLAB to save this file.  </p>
  
  <pre><code>   save('sample10_properties.mat', 'stats','-v7.3')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the link of the data </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/195fj6Tl1n_drS8R_A6bdbOEc3rGkiMqS/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://drive.google.com/file/d/195fj6Tl1n_drS8R_A6bdbOEc3rGkiMqS/view?usp=sharing</a></p>
  
  <p>I can see stats variable in python but I don't know how to access. Any help will be appreciated.  </p>
  
  <pre><code>import numpy as np 
  import h5py 
  f = h5py.File('sample10_properties.mat')
  f.keys()   [u'#refs#', u'#subsystem#', u'stats']
  f.values()  [&lt;HDF5 group "/#refs#" (13951 members)&gt;, &lt;HDF5 group "/#subsystem#" (1   members)&gt;, &lt;HDF5 dataset "stats": shape (1, 6), type "&lt;u4"&gt;]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The size of stats variable is (1390, 18). 
  Thanks</p>