problem with loadmatfile

[Peter Hinow]

Dear scilab users,
I am trying to load data from a .mat file that was created by matlab using loadmatfile. It works fine to load integers. However, I also want to load some boolean variables that matlab stores as "0" and "1". When I load them with loadmatfile, I get values such as 7.749-304. Why is that so and what can be done?
Thank you for your help and best regards,
      Peter