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We can perform exactly the same operations in Cell arrays in mex-files as we can in oct-files. An example that reduplicates the functional of the celldemo.cc oct-file in a mex-file is given by mycell.c as below
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#include "mex.h"
void
mexFunction (int nlhs, mxArray* plhs[], int nrhs,
const mxArray* prhs[])
{
mwSize n;
mwIndex i;
if (nrhs != 1 || ! mxIsCell (prhs[0]))
mexErrMsgTxt ("expects cell");
n = mxGetNumberOfElements (prhs[0]);
n = (n > nlhs ? nlhs : n);
for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
plhs[i] = mxDuplicateArray (mxGetCell (prhs[0], i));
}
which as can be seen below has exactly the same behavior as the oct-file version.
[b1, b2, b3] = mycell ({1, [1, 2], "test"})
b1 = 1
b2 =
1 2
b3 = test
Note in the example the use of the mxDuplicateArry function. This
is needed as the mxArray pointer returned by mxGetCell
might be deallocated. The inverse function to mxGetCell is
mcSetCell and is defined as
void mxSetCell (mxArray *ptr, int idx, mxArray *val);
Finally, to create a cell array or matrix, the appropriate functions are
mxArray *mxCreateCellArray (int ndims, const int *dims);
mxArray *mxCreateCellMatrix (int m, int n);