How to run program with .tmp extension in matlab

i have an program with .tmp extension. i want run this on matlab environment. how to do it?

Answer 1

[Niklas Nylén]

Rename the file (replace the dot before tmp with an underscore, for example). Matlab cannot handle dots in m-file names.

The name of the file you attached is extract_spi.tmp.m and possibly windows is hiding the .m part in the explorer.

[mahesh chathuranga]

thank you for your answer.What do you think about the ##EYR##,##EMON##,##EDAY## in my given example?thanks again!

[Image Analyst]

That's not proper syntax. What are you intending?

[mahesh chathuranga]

i have to zip files with precipitation data.i want to import this data using above program(extract_spi.tmp).but in this program there are this kind of(###EYR##) things available.i want to know that what are those things?