engGetVariable (C and Fortran)

Copy variable from MATLAB engine workspace

C Syntax

#include "engine.h"
mxArray *engGetVariable(Engine *ep, const char *name);

Fortran Syntax

#include "engine.h"
mwPointer engGetVariable(ep, name)
mwPointer ep
character*(*) name

Arguments

ep

Engine pointer

name

Name of mxArray to get from MATLAB® workspace

Returns

Pointer to a newly allocated mxArray structure, or NULL if the attempt fails. engGetVariable fails if the named variable does not exist.

Description

engGetVariable reads the named mxArray from the MATLAB engine session associated with ep.

The limit for the size of data transferred is 2 GB.

Use mxDestroyArray to destroy the mxArray created by this routine when you are finished with it.

Examples

See these examples in matlabroot/extern/examples/eng_mat:

  • engdemo.c for a C example on UNIX® operating systems.

  • engwindemo.c for a C example on Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.

Introduced before R2006a