Fortran mex: mxCopyCharacterToPt​r and mxCopyPtrToCharacte​r

Drop in replacements for the Mathworks supplied functions of the same names that do not work.

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The Mathworks supplied Fortran mxCopyCharacterToPtr and mxCopyPtrToCharacter routines do not work. This submission contains two drop-in replacement routines that do work. They have the same argument signatures as the Mathworks routines. Simply include them with your Fortran source code and they will override the Mathworks library functions.

Also included are two test driver mex functions to demonstrate the use of the routines.

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James Tursa (2026). Fortran mex: mxCopyCharacterToPtr and mxCopyPtrToCharacter (https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/20860-fortran-mex-mxcopycharactertoptr-and-mxcopyptrtocharacter), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0

Confirmed that Compaq Visual Fortran does not support the %REF construct properly in the original files. So I am including versions that do not use %REF. These should work with Compaq Visual Fortran.