  1.  NAME

  sizeof - Return the size in bytes of a specified type

  2.  SYNOPSIS

  n = sizeof(type )

  3.  DESCRIPTION

  Calculates the required byte size for storing one of the builtin
  Matlab types, such as float32, ... Note that not all types are
  implemented, however it is straightforward to modify the file for
  supporting more of them. See Matlab help on fread() for possible
  types.  yet.

  4.  PARAMETERS

     type
        String specifying the type.

  5.  RETURNS

     n  Number of bytes used to store specified type.

  6.  AUTHORS

  Pierre Jaccard, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 1999

