title: loading .mat and .m files with loadmat in Python
body: <p>I am currently taking a Neural Network course, and I am trying to load a <code>.mat</code> file from Python using <code>scipy.io.loadmat(filename)</code>, but I keep getting the following error message: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ValueError: Unknown mat file type, version 101, 58</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The same message occured when I tried loading a .m file, rather than <code>.mat</code> file, using <code>scipy.io.loadmat()</code>. </p>
  
  <p>I don't know how to resolve this issue, so I would really appreciate if someone on here could help me out.</p>