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mxGetChars (C)

Get pointer to character array data

C Syntax

#include "matrix.h"
mxChar *mxGetChars(const mxArray *array_ptr);

Arguments

array_ptr

Pointer to an mxArray

Returns

The address of the first character in the mxArray. Returns NULL if the specified array is not a character array.

Description

Call mxGetChars to determine the address of the first character in the mxArray that array_ptr points to. Once you have the starting address, you can access any other element in the mxArray.

See Also

mxGetString

mxGetCell (C and Fortran)

mxGetClassID (C and Fortran)