engPutVariable (C and Fortran)

Put variable into MATLAB engine workspace

C Syntax

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

Fortran Syntax

#include "engine.h"
integer*4 engPutVariable(ep, name, pm)
mwPointer ep, pm
character*(*) name

Arguments

ep

Engine pointer

name

Name of mxArray in the engine workspace

pm

mxArray pointer

Returns

0 if successful and 1 if an error occurs.

Description

engPutVariable writes mxArray pm to the engine ep, giving it the variable name name.

If the mxArray does not exist in the workspace, the function creates it. If an mxArray with the same name exists in the workspace, the function replaces the existing mxArray with the new mxArray.

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

Do not use MATLAB® function names for variable names. Common variable names that conflict with function names include i, j, mode, char, size, or path. To determine whether a particular name is associated with a MATLAB function, use the which function.

The engine application owns the original mxArray and is responsible for freeing its memory. Although the engPutVariable function sends a copy of the mxArray to the MATLAB workspace, the engine application does not need to account for or free memory for the copy.

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