External Interfaces/API Reference

mexErrMsgTxt

Issue error message and return to the MATLAB prompt

C Syntax

• #include "mex.h"
  void mexErrMsgTxt(const char *error_msg);
  

Arguments

error_msg
   String containing the error message to be displayed.

Description

Call mexErrMsgTxt to write an error message to the MATLAB window. After the error message prints, MATLAB terminates the MEX-file and returns control to the MATLAB prompt.

Calling mexErrMsgTxt does not clear the MEX-file from memory. Consequently, mexErrMsgTxt does not invoke the function registered through mexAtExit.

If your application called mxCalloc or one of the mxCreate routines to allocate memory, mexErrMsgTxt automatically frees the allocated memory.

Note    If you get warnings when using mexErrMsgTxt, you may have a memory management compatibility problem. For more information, see Memory Management Compatibility Issues.

Examples

See xtimesy.c in the refbook subdirectory of the examples directory.

For additional examples, see convec.c, findnz.c, fulltosparse.c, phonebook.c, revord.c, and timestwo.c in the refbook subdirectory of the examples directory.

See Also

mexErrMsgIdAndTxt, mexWarnMsgTxt, mexWarnMsgIdAndTxt

mexErrMsgIdAndTxt

mexEvalString