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ssSetInputPortDimensionInfo - Specify information about the dimensionality of an input port

Syntax

int_T ssSetInputPortDimensionInfo(SimStruct *S,  int_T port, 
 DimsInfo_T *dimsInfo)

Arguments

S: SimStruct representing an S-Function block.
port: Index of an input port.
dimsInfo: Structure of type DimsInfo_T that specifies the dimensionality of the signals accepted by port.

The structure is defined as

typedef struct DimsInfo_tag{ 
    int  width;			/* number of elements   */
    int  numDims		/* Number of dimensions */
    int  *dims;			/* Dimensions.          */
    [snip]
}DimsInfo_T;

where

numDims specifies the number of dimensions of the signal, e.g., 1 for a 1-D (vector) signal or 2 for a 2-D (matrix) signal, or DYNAMICALLY_SIZED if the number of dimensions is determined dynamically.
dims is an integer array that specifies the size of each dimension, e.g., [2 3] for a 2-by-3 matrix signal, or DYNAMICALLY_SIZED for each dimension that is determined dynamically, e.g., [2 DYNAMICALLY_SIZED].
width equals the total number of elements in the signal, e.g., 12 for a 3-by-4 matrix signal or 8 for an 8-element vector signal, or DYNAMICALLY_SIZED if the total number of elements is determined dynamically.

Returns

1 if successful; otherwise, 0.

Description

Specifies the dimension information for port. Use this function in mdlInitializeSizes to initialize the input port dimension information. If you want the port to inherit its dimensions from the port to which it is connected, specify DYNAMIC_DIMENSION as the dimsInfo for port. In this case, the S-function must provide mdlSetInputPortDimensionInfo and mdlSetDefaultPortDimensionInfo methods to enable the signal dimensions to be set correctly during signal propagation.

Languages

C, C++

Example

The following example specifies that input port 0 accepts 2-by-2 matrix signals.

{
    DECL_AND_INIT_DIMSINFO(di);
    int_T dims[2];

    di.numDims = 2;
    dims[0] = 2;
    dims[1] = 2;
    di.dims = dims;
    di.width = 4;
    ssSetInputPortDimensionInfo(S, 0, &di);
}

See the S-function matlabroot/toolbox/simulink/simdemos/simfeatures/src/sfun_matadd.c used in sfcndemo_matadd.mdl and the S-function matlabroot/toolbox/simulink/simdemos/simfeatures/src/sdotproduct.c used in sfcndemo_sdotproduct.mdl for complete examples that use this function.