diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.DS_Store
+
+data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mat2csv.m b/mat2csv.m
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+load("data/jawbone.mat")
+load("data/daily_Ben.mat")
+load("data/dose_sug.mat")
+writetable(jawbone, "data/jawbone.csv")
+writetable(dailydataforBen, "data/daily.csv")
+writetable(dose_sug, "data/dose.csv")