Choosing Engine Applications

You can call MATLAB^® functions from your own external language programs. These programs are called engine applications. To create an engine application, write your program using MATLAB APIs then build using the mex command.

MATLAB supports engine applications written in C, C++, Java^®, Fortran, or Python^®.

To use C++ 11 programming features, see:

• Call MATLAB from C++

• MATLAB Data API for C++

If your C engine applications must run in MATLAB R2017b or earlier, or if you prefer to work in the C language, then use functions based on the C Matrix API.

• Call MATLAB from C

• C Matrix API

• C MEX API (optional)

Caution

Do not mix functions in different C APIs. For example, do not use functions in the C Matrix API with functions in the MATLAB Data Array API.

To write Java engine applications, see Call MATLAB from Java.

To write Fortran engine applications, see:

• Call MATLAB from Fortran

• Fortran Matrix API

• Fortran MEX API (optional)

To write Python engine applications, see Call MATLAB from Python.

Related Topics

• Call MATLAB from C++
• Call MATLAB from C
• Call MATLAB from Java
• Call MATLAB from Fortran
• Call MATLAB from Python