mxClassIDFromClassName (External Interfaces/API Reference)

Get identifier that corresponds to a class

Fortran Syntax

integer*4 function mxClassIDFromClassName(classname)
character*(*) classname

Arguments

classname
A character array specifying a MATLAB class name. Use one of the strings from the table below.

Returns

A numeric identifier used internally by MATLAB to represent the MATLAB class, classname. Returns 0 if classname is not a recognized MATLAB class.

Description

Use mxClassIDFromClassName to obtain an identifier for any class that is recognized by MATLAB. This function is most commonly used to provide a classid argument to mxCreateNumericArray and mxCreateNumericMatrix.

Valid choices for classname are shown below. MATLAB returns 0 if classname is unrecognized.

cell
char
double
function_handle

int8
int16
int32
int64

object
single
sparse
struct

uint8
uint16
uint32
uint64

`cell`	`char`	`double`	`function_handle`
`int8`	`int16`	`int32`	`int64`
`object`	`single`	`sparse`	`struct`
`uint8`	`uint16`	`uint32`	`uint64`

mxCalloc mxClearLogical (Obsolete)