MATLAB^®

mxGetNumberOfDimensions (C and Fortran)

Get number of dimensions in mxArray

C Syntax

#include "matrix.h"
mwSize mxGetNumberOfDimensions(const mxArray *pm);

Fortran Syntax

mwSize mxGetNumberOfDimensions(pm)
mwPointer pm

Arguments

pm: Pointer to an mxArray

Returns

The number of dimensions in the specified mxArray. The returned value is always 2 or greater.

Description

Use mxGetNumberOfDimensions to determine how many dimensions are in the specified array. To determine how many elements are in each dimension, call mxGetDimensions.

C Examples

See explore.c in the mex subdirectory of the examples directory.

Additional examples:

findnz.c, fulltosparse.c, and phonebook.c in the refbook subdirectory of the examples directory
mxcalcsinglesubscript.c, mxgeteps.c, and mxisfinite.c in the mx subdirectory of the examples directory.