Fastest way to get table data into matlab?

Hi - i'm trying to figure out what the best way to get "table"-like cell data into matlab.

Right now - i have the data in a CSV file and i'm using the function CSV2CELL to extract it

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/20836-csv2cell

A slightly faster way is to then save that as a MAT file and then just load that MAT file.

Anybody know a faster way than either of those?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

There are too variable factors for there to be a "fastest" way for anything.

Generally speaking, using binary files and writing the read routine in C or C++ would be faster, but I would not want to exclude the possibility that loading a -v7 .mat file would be faster yet. (I would not expect a -v7.3 .mat file to be fastest.)