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slreportgen.utils.sortObjects

Sort Simulink and Stateflow objects

Since R2022b

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Syntax

sortedList = slreportgen.utils.sortObjects(objectList)
sortedList = slreportgen.utils.sortObjects(objectList,sortMethod)

Description

sortedList = slreportgen.utils.sortObjects(objectList) sorts the elements in objectList alphabetically by name. You must load the models that contain the objects before using the sortObjects function. The function ignores and excludes invalid elements.

sortedList = slreportgen.utils.sortObjects(objectList,sortMethod) uses sortMethod to sort the elements in objectList.

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Examples

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This example shows how to use the slreportgen.utils.sortObjects function to sort Simulink objects by depth.

Import these namespaces so you do not have to use long, fully qualified function and class names.

import slreportgen.finder.*
import slreportgen.utils.*

Load the Simulink model sortByDepthExampleModel.

model_name = "sortByDepthExampleModel";
load_system(model_name)

Use an slreportgen.finder.DiagramFinder object to find all the systems in the model, including the model itself. Then create an empty slreportgen.finder.BlockResult array.

sysArray = find(DiagramFinder(model_name));
unsortedList = BlockResult.empty;

Iterate through sysArray and use an slreportgen.finder.BlockFinder object to search for blocks in each subsystem. For each subsystem, append the search result block array to the end of the unsortedList array.

for idx = 1:length(sysArray)
  curBlockFinder = BlockFinder(sysArray(idx));
  curBlockFinder.BlockTypes = ["Inport","Gain","Outport"];
  curSysBlocks = find(curBlockFinder);
  unsortedList(end+1:end+length(curSysBlocks)) = curSysBlocks;
end

Display the paths of the blocks in unsortedList to see how they are sorted.

disp([unsortedList.BlockPath]');
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/In0"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Gain0"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Out0"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/In1"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Gain1"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Out1"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/In3"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Gain3"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Out3"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Sub4/In4"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Sub4/Gain4"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Sub4/Out4"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub5/In5"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub5/Gain5"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub5/Out5"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub2/In2"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub2/Gain2"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub2/Out2"

Use the slreportgen.utils.sortObjects function to sort the blocks in unsortedList by depth. Then display the paths of the sorted blocks to verify they are sorted by depth.

sortedList = sortObjects(unsortedList,"depth");
disp([sortedList.BlockPath]');
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/In0"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Gain0"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Out0"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/In1"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Gain1"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Out1"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub2/In2"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub2/Gain2"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub2/Out2"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/In3"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Gain3"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Out3"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub5/In5"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub5/Gain5"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub5/Out5"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Sub4/In4"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Sub4/Gain4"
    "sortByDepthExampleModel/Sub1/Sub3/Sub4/Out4"

Input Arguments

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Run the following command to access the supporting files used in this example.

openExample('rptgenext/SimulinkReportGeneratorFilesExample');

List of Simulink® and Stateflow® objects to sort, specified as one of these values:

ValueExample
String array of model names and block paths 
objectList = ["f14",...
              "f14/Actuator Model",...
              "f14/Aircraft Dynamics Model",...
              "sf_car",...
              "slrgex_fuelsys",...
              "slrgex_radar_eml"];
Array of model and block handles 
load_system("f14");
objectList = find_system("f14",findall=true);
Search result object array, returned by DiagramElementFinder, BlockFinder, SignalFinder, and AnnotationFinder objects of the slreportgen.finder package 
import slreportgen.finder.*

load_system("sf_car");
load_system("slrgex_fuelsys");

blockFinder = BlockFinder("sf_car");
sigFinder = SignalFinder("slrgex_fuelsys");

objectList = [find(blockFinder) find(sigFinder)];

Method for sorting, specified as one of these values:

ValueDescription
"alphabetical"

Sort objects alphabetically by name

"systemAlpha"

Sort objects alphabetically by parent system name

"depth"

Sort objects by depth in the model hierarchy, where a subsystem is preceded by the subsystem that contains it. For an example, see Sort Simulink® Objects by Depth.

Output Arguments

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Sorted list, returned as a string array, handle array, or search result object array. The returned array is the same type as objectList.

Version History

Introduced in R2022b

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