Fortran Syntax

#include "fintrf.h"
integer*4 mexPutVariable(workspace, varname, pm)
character*(*) workspace, varname
mwPointer pm

Arguments

Returns

0 on success; 1 on failure. A possible cause of failure is that pm is 0.

Description

Call mexPutVariable to copy the mxArray, at pointer pm, from your MEX function into the specified workspace. MATLAB^® software gives the name, varname, to the copied mxArray in the receiving workspace.

mexPutVariable makes the array accessible to other entities, such as MATLAB, user-defined functions, or other MEX functions.

If a variable of the same name exists in the specified workspace, mexPutVariable overwrites the previous contents of the variable with the contents of the new mxArray. For example, suppose the MATLAB workspace defines variable Peaches as:

Peaches
1     2     3     4

and you call mexPutVariable to copy Peaches into the same workspace:

mexPutVariable("base", "Peaches", pm)

The value passed by mexPutVariable replaces the old value of Peaches.

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.