save with "'-append" on table increase file size without modification of the variable
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Arthur Roué
el 30 de Ag. de 2024
Comentada: Arthur Roué
el 3 de Sept. de 2024
I create a table of 100x100, then save it:
t = array2table(rand(100));
save('table.mat', 't')
The file weight 76 Ko. Then, without changing t, I re-save it with append:
save('table.mat', 't', '-append')
The file now weight 152Ko (76*2), and it will add 76Ko each time I append the same table.
If you load the table, it's the same than the original one:
s = load('table.mat', 't');
setdiff(s.t, t) % It's empty
The documentation do say "save(filename,variables,"-append") adds new variables to an existing file. If a variable already exists in a MAT-file, then save overwrites it with the value in the workspace.", but the size of the MAT-File increase by the size of the table each time.
What is happening with the -append option ?
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Walter Roberson
el 30 de Ag. de 2024
save -append works by first appending the new data to the .mat file, and then going back through the .mat file and marking previous versions of the variable as being unused.
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Madheswaran
el 3 de Sept. de 2024
Hello,
The behaviour you are encountering is a known issue. When saving certain MATLAB data types—like tabular classes, strings, and non-fundamental types—using the ‘-append’ flag, the MAT-file size can increase with each save operation. This is a documented bug, and you can find more details in the MathWorks bug report here:
The report also provides two ways to work around this issue. Please refer to the link for more information.
Hope this helps!
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