# Loading initial values

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/loading-initial-values/457>\
**Category:** Dynare help (legacy posts)\
**Created:** [26 September 2007 00:10 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/loading-initial-values/457 "2007-09-26T00:10:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![muratK](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@muratK](https://forum.dynare.org/u/muratK)\
**Post date:** [26 September 2007 00:10 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/loading-initial-values/457/1 "2007-09-26T00:10:26Z")

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Is it possible to load the initial values using a MAT file instead of typing them in the mod file? For example,

initval;  
load initial.mat;  
end;

I get syntax error when I do this. I am using Dynare v3 with Matlab 7.0.1.

Thanks,  
Murat