This example shows how to add variables to the MATLAB® engine workspace in Python®.
When you start the engine, it provides an interface to a collection
of all MATLAB variables. This collection, named workspace,
is implemented as a Python dictionary that is attached to the
engine. The name of each MATLAB variable becomes a key in the workspace dictionary.
The keys in workspace must be valid MATLAB identifiers
(e.g., you cannot use numbers as keys). You can add variables to the
engine workspace in Python, and then you can use the variables
in MATLAB functions.
Add a variable to the engine workspace.
import matlab.engine
eng = matlab.engine.start_matlab()
x = 4.0
eng.workspace['y'] = x
a = eng.eval('sqrt(y)')
print(a)
2.0
In this example, x exists only as a Python variable.
Its value is assigned to a new entry in the engine workspace, called y,
creating a MATLAB variable. You can then call the MATLAB eval function
to execute the sqrt(y) statement in MATLAB and
return the output value, 2.0, to Python.
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