mxChar (C)

Type for string array

Description

MATLAB^® stores an mxArray string as type mxChar to represent the C-style char type. MATLAB uses 16-bit unsigned integer character encoding for Unicode^® characters.

The header file containing this type is:

#include "matrix.h"

Examples

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

• mxmalloc.c

• mxcreatecharmatrixfromstr.c

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

• explore.c