mxIsChar (External Interfaces Reference)

Determine if input is string mxArray

C Syntax

#include "matrix.h"
bool mxIsChar(const mxArray *array_ptr);

Arguments

array_ptr
Pointer to an mxArray.

Returns

Logical 1 (true) if array_ptr points to an array having the class mxCHAR_CLASS, and logical 0 (false) otherwise.

Description

Use mxIsChar to determine if array_ptr points to string mxArray.

Calling mxIsChar is equivalent to calling

mxGetClassID(array_ptr) == mxCHAR_CLASS

Examples

See phonebook.c and revord.c in the refbook subdirectory of the examples directory.

For additional examples, see mxcreatecharmatrixfromstr.c, mxislogical.c, and mxmalloc.c in the mx subdirectory of the examples directory.

See Also

mxIsClass, mxGetClassID

mxIsCell mxIsClass