MATLAB: Is matlab not allowing me to load this data

dataload

>> load('assignment_data17.mat') Error using load Unable to read MAT-file /Users/apple/Desktop/Financial Econometrics/assignment_data17.mat. Not a binary MAT-file. Try load -ASCII to read as text.

Best Answer

Somehow your .mat file got overwritten with a single text '0' . You will need to get another copy of the file.