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mxCreateNumericArray (C)

N-D numeric array

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C Syntax

#include "matrix.h"
mxArray *mxCreateNumericArray(mwSize ndim, const mwSize *dims,
    mxClassID classid, mxComplexity ComplexFlag);

Description

Use mxCreateNumericArray to create an N-dimensional mxArray. The data elements have the numeric data type specified by classid.

mxCreateNumericArray differs from mxCreateDoubleMatrix as follows:

  • All data elements in mxCreateDoubleMatrix are double-precision, floating-point numbers. The data elements in mxCreateNumericArray can be any numerical type, including different integer precisions.

  • mxCreateDoubleMatrix creates two-dimensional arrays only. mxCreateNumericArray can create arrays of two or more dimensions.

MATLAB® automatically removes any trailing singleton dimensions specified in the dims argument. For example, if ndim equals 5 and dims equals [4 1 7 1 1], then the resulting array has the dimensions 4-by-1-by-7.

This table shows the C classid values that are equivalent to MATLAB classes.

MATLAB Class Name

C classid Value

int8

mxINT8_CLASS

uint8

mxUINT8_CLASS

int16

mxINT16_CLASS

uint16

mxUINT16_CLASS

int32

mxINT32_CLASS

uint32

mxUINT32_CLASS

int64

mxINT64_CLASS

uint64

mxUINT64_CLASS

single

mxSINGLE_CLASS

double

mxDOUBLE_CLASS

Call mxDestroyArray when you finish using the mxArray. The mxDestroyArray function deallocates the mxArray and its associated real and imaginary elements.

Input Arguments

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Number of dimensions, specified as mwSize. If ndim is less than 2, then mxCreateNumericArray sets the number of dimensions to 2.

Dimensions array, specified as const mwSize *.

Each element in the dimensions array contains the size of the array in that dimension. For example, to create a 5-by-7 array, set dims[0] to 5 and dims[1] to 7.

Usually, the dims array contains ndim elements.

Class identifier, specified as an mxClassID enumeration. classid determines how the numerical data is represented in memory. For example, mxCreateNumericMatrix stores mxINT16_CLASS values as 16-bit signed integers.

Complex array indicator, specified as an mxComplexity value.

For applications built with the mex -R2018a command, the function initializes each data element to 0.

For all other mex release-specific build options, the function sets each element in the pr array. If ComplexFlag is mxCOMPLEX, then the function sets the pi array to 0.

Output Arguments

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Pointer to an mxArray of type classid, specified as mxArray *.

The function is unsuccessful when there is not enough free heap space to create the mxArray.

  • MEX file — Function terminates the MEX file and returns control to the MATLAB prompt.

  • Standalone (non-MEX file) application — Function returns NULL.

Examples

See these examples in matlabroot/extern/examples/refbook:

See these examples in matlabroot/extern/examples/mx:

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

See Also

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