Stateflow.Event - Constructor for creating event

Syntax

event_new = Stateflow.Event(parent)

Description

The Stateflow.Event method is a constructor method for creating an event for a parent chart or state, that returns a handle to an Event object for the new event.

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Examples

If sA is a handle to a State object for an existing state A, the following command creates a new event parented (contained by) state A:

event_new = Stateflow.Event(sA)

The new event is named 'event' with an incremented suffix to distinguish additional creations . event_new is a handle to an Event object for the new event that you use to rename the event, set its properties, and execute Event methods for the event.

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