mxCreateCellArray (External Interfaces/API Reference)

Create an unpopulated N-dimensional cell mxArray

Fortran Syntax

integer*4 function mxCreateCellArray(ndim, dims)
integer*4 ndim, dims

Arguments

ndim
The desired number of dimensions in the created cell. For example, to create a three-dimensional cell mxArray, set ndim to 3.

dims
The dimensions array. Each element in the dimensions array contains the size of the mxArray in that dimension. For example, setting dims(1) to 5 and dims(2) to 7 establishes a 5-by-7 mxArray. In most cases, there should be ndim elements in the dims array.

Returns

A pointer to the created cell mxArray, if successful. If unsuccessful in a stand-alone (nonMEX-file) application, mxCreateCellArray returns 0. If unsuccessful in a MEX-file, the MEX-file terminates and control returns to the MATLAB prompt. The most common cause of failure is insufficient free heap space.

Description

Use mxCreateCellArray to create a cell mxArray whose size is defined by ndim and dims. For example, to establish a three-dimensional cell mxArray having dimensions 4-by-8-by-7, set

ndim = 3;
dims(1) = 4; dims(2) = 8; dims(3) = 7;

The created cell mxArray is unpopulated; that is, mxCreateCellArray initializes each cell to 0. To put data into a cell, call mxSetCell.

mxCopyReal8ToPtr mxCreateCellMatrix