mxCreateCharArray (External Interfaces/API Reference)

Create an unpopulated N-dimensional string mxArray

C Syntax

#include "matrix.h"
mxArray *mxCreateCharArray(int ndim, const int *dims);

Arguments
ndim
The desired number of dimensions in the string mxArray. You must specify a positive number. If you specify 0, 1, or 2, mxCreateCharArray creates a two-dimensional mxArray.

dims

The dimensions array. Each element in the dimensions array contains the size of the array in that dimension. For example, setting dims[0] to 5 and dims[1] to 7 establishes a 5-by-7 mxArray. The dims array must have at least ndim elements.

Returns

A pointer to the created string mxArray, if successful. If unsuccessful in a stand-alone (nonMEX-file) application, mxCreateCharArray returns NULL. If unsuccessful in a MEX-file, the MEX-file terminates and control returns to the MATLAB prompt. Insufficient free heap space is the only reason for mxCreateCharArray to be unsuccessful.

Description

Call mxCreateCharArray to create an unpopulated N-dimensional string mxArray.

Example

See mxcreatecharmatrixfromstr.c in the mx subdirectory of the examples directory.

mxCreateCellMatrix mxCreateCharMatrixFromStrings