Description of sltypesize

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sltypesize

PURPOSE

SLTYPESIZE Gets the element size of a specified type

SYNOPSIS

function s = sltypesize(typename)

DESCRIPTION

SLTYPESIZE Gets the element size of a specified type

 $ Syntax $
   - s = sltypesize(typename)

 $ Arguments $
   - typename:         the name of a type
   - s:                the number of bytes in each element of the specified type

 $ Description $

   - s = sltypesize(typename) returns the number of bytes of each element
     in the type specified by typename.

   - The typenames supported are listed below:
       - 'double'      
       - 'single'
       - 'float'
       - 'uint8'
       - 'uint16'
       - 'uint32'
       - 'uint64'
       - 'int8'
       - 'int16'
       - 'int32'
       - 'int64'
       - 'logical'
       - 'char'

 $ History $
   - Created by Dahua Lin on Dec 7th, 2005

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION

This function calls:

This function is called by:

• slstructsize SLSTRUCTSIZE Compute the size of a struct

SOURCE CODE

0001 function s = sltypesize(typename)
0002 %SLTYPESIZE Gets the element size of a specified type
0003 %
0004 % $ Syntax $
0005 %   - s = sltypesize(typename)
0006 %
0007 % $ Arguments $
0008 %   - typename:         the name of a type
0009 %   - s:                the number of bytes in each element of the specified type
0010 %
0011 % $ Description $
0012 %
0013 %   - s = sltypesize(typename) returns the number of bytes of each element
0014 %     in the type specified by typename.
0015 %
0016 %   - The typenames supported are listed below:
0017 %       - 'double'
0018 %       - 'single'
0019 %       - 'float'
0020 %       - 'uint8'
0021 %       - 'uint16'
0022 %       - 'uint32'
0023 %       - 'uint64'
0024 %       - 'int8'
0025 %       - 'int16'
0026 %       - 'int32'
0027 %       - 'int64'
0028 %       - 'logical'
0029 %       - 'char'
0030 %
0031 % $ History $
0032 %   - Created by Dahua Lin on Dec 7th, 2005
0033 %
0034 
0035 switch typename
0036     case 'double'
0037         s = 8;
0038     case {'single', 'float'}
0039         s = 4;
0040     case {'uint8', 'int8'}
0041         s = 1;
0042     case {'uint16', 'int16'}
0043         s = 2;
0044     case {'uint32', 'int32'}
0045         s = 4;
0046     case {'uint64', 'int64'}
0047         s = 8;
0048     case {'char', 'logical'}
0049         s = 1;
0050     otherwise
0051         error('sltoolbox:invalid_type', ...
0052             'Unsupported typename %s', typename);
0053 end
0054

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