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Udvas.C
Udvas.C on 3 Dec 2020
Commented: QUAN WANG on 15 Nov 2022
I am getting the following error when I type import matlab.engine in python IDLE
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\udvas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\matlab\engine\__init__.py", line 45, in <module>
pythonengine = importlib.import_module("matlabengineforpython"+_PYTHONVERSION)
File "C:\Users\udvas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 965, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'matlabengineforpython3_7'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\udvas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\matlab\engine\__init__.py", line 61, in <module>
pythonengine = importlib.import_module("matlabengineforpython"+_PYTHONVERSION)
File "C:\Users\udvas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 670, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 583, in module_from_spec
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1043, in create_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
import matlab.engine
File "C:\Users\udvas\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\matlab\engine\__init__.py", line 64, in <module>
'MathWorks Technical Support for assistance: %s' % e)
OSError: Please reinstall MATLAB Engine for Python or contact MathWorks Technical Support for assistance: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.
I am using Matlab 2020a and python 3.7.1.
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QUAN WANG
QUAN WANG on 15 Nov 2022
Hello, have you solve the issue? I encountered the same issue.

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