Data Type Mappings Between .NET and Strongly Typed MATLAB Code

C# to MATLAB

This table shows the mapping of C# data types to strongly typed MATLAB^® data types.

Description	C# Data Type	MATLAB Data Type Representation
Real double scalar vector array	System.Double System.Double[] System.Double[,,...]	(1,1) double {mustBeReal} (1,:) double {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) double {mustBeReal}
Complex double scalar vector array MATLAB does not support complex numbers for other numeric types.	Numerics.Complex Numerics.Complex[] Numerics.Complex[,,...]	(1,1) double (1,:) double (1,:,:,...) double
Real single scalar vector array	System.Single System.Single[] System.Single[,,...]	(1,1) single {mustBeReal} (1,:) single {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) single {mustBeReal}
Real integer scalar vector array	System.SByte System.SByte[] System.SByte[,,...] System.Int16 System.Int16[] System.Int16[,,...] System.Int32 System.Int32[] System.Int32[,,...] System.Int64 System.Int64[] System.Int64[,,...] System.Byte System.Byte[] System.Byte[,,...] System.UInt16 System.UInt16[] System.UInt16[,,...] System.UInt32 System.UInt32[] System.UInt32[,,...] System.UInt64 System.UInt64[] System.UInt64[,,...]	(1,1) int8 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int8 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int8 {mustBeReal} (1,1) int16 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int16 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int16 {mustBeReal} (1,1) int32 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int32 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int32 {mustBeReal} (1,1) int64 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int64 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int64 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint8 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint8 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint8 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint16 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint16 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint16 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint32 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint32 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint32 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint64 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint64 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint64 {mustBeReal}
Logical scalar vector array	System.Boolean System.Boolean[] System.Boolean[,,...]	(1,1) logical (1,:) logical (1,:,:,...) logical
Char scalar vector array	System.Char System.Char[] System.Char[,,...]	(1,1) char (1,:) char (1,:,:,...) char
String scalar vector array	System.String System.String[] System.String[,,...]	(1,1) string (1,:) string (1,:,:,...) string
Enum scalar vector array	System.Enum System.Enum[] System.Enum[,,...]	(1,1) MyEnumClass (1,:) MyEnumClass (1,:,:,...) MyEnumClass

MATLAB to C#

This table shows the mapping of strongly typed MATLAB data types to C# data types.

Description	MATLAB Data Type	C# Data Type Representation
Real double scalar vector array	(1,1) double {mustBeReal} (1,:) double {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) double {mustBeReal}	System.Double System.Double[] System.Double[,,...]
Complex double scalar vector array Stored as a complex number, even if result is real	(1,1) double (1,:) double (1,:,:,...) double	Numerics.Complex Numerics.Complex[] Numerics.Complex[,,...]
Real single scalar vector array	(1,1) single {mustBeReal} (1,:) single {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) single {mustBeReal}	System.Single System.Single[] System.Single[,,...]
Real integer scalar vector array	(1,1) int8 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int8 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int8 {mustBeReal} (1,1) int16 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int16 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int16 {mustBeReal} (1,1) int32 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int32 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int32 {mustBeReal} (1,1) int64 {mustBeReal} (1,:) int64 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) int64 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint8 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint8 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint8 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint16 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint16 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint16 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint32 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint32 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint32 {mustBeReal} (1,1) uint64 {mustBeReal} (1,:) uint64 {mustBeReal} (1,:,:,...) uint64 {mustBeReal}	System.SByte System.SByte[] System.SByte[,,...] System.Int16 System.Int16[] System.Int16[,,...] System.Int32 System.Int32[] System.Int32[,,...] System.Int64 System.Int64[] System.Int64[,,...] System.Byte System.Byte[] System.Byte[,,...] System.UInt16 System.UInt16[] System.UInt16[,,...] System.UInt32 System.UInt32[] System.UInt32[,,...] System.UInt64 System.UInt64[] System.UInt64[,,...]
Logical scalar vector array	(1,1) logical (1,:) logical (1,:,:,...) logical	System.Boolean System.Boolean[] System.Boolean[,,...]
Char scalar vector array	(1,1) char (1,:) char (1,:,:,...) char	System.Char System.Char[] System.Char[,,...]
String scalar vector array	(1,1) string (1,:) string (1,:,:,...) string	System.String System.String[] System.String[,,...]
Enum scalar vector array	(1,1) MyEnumClass (1,:) MyEnumClass (1,:,:,...) MyEnumClass	System.Enum System.Enum[] System.Enum[,,...]
MATLAB cell scalar vector array	(1,1) cell (1,:) cell (1,:,:,...) cell	System.Object System.Object[] System.Object[,,...]

For MATLAB types that do not have a corresponding C# type, such as struct or dictionary, the generated type is dynamic.