External Interfaces Reference

mxGetChars

Get pointer to character array data

C Syntax

• #include "matrix.h"
  mxCHAR *mxGetChars(const mxArray *array_ptr);
  

Arguments

array_ptr
   Pointer to an mxArray.

Returns

The address of the first character in the mxArray. Returns NULL if the specified array is not a character array.

Description

Call mxGetChars to determine the address of the first character in the mxArray that array_ptr points to. Once you have the starting address, you can access any other element in the mxArray.

See Also

mxGetString, mxGetPr, mxGetPi, mxGetCell, mxGetField, mxGetLogicals, mxGetScalar

mxGetCell

mxGetClassID

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