mxCreateNumericArray (External Interfaces/API Reference)

Create an unpopulated N-dimensional numeric mxArray

Fortran Syntax

integer*4 function mxCreateNumericArray(ndim, dims, classid, 
ComplexFlag)
integer*4 ndim, dims, classid, ComplexFlag

Arguments

ndim
Number of dimensions. If you specify a value for ndim that is less than 2, mxCreateNumericArray automatically sets the number of dimensions to 2.

dims
The dimensions array. Each element in the dimensions array contains the size of the array 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.

classid
A numerical identifier that represents a particular MATLAB class. Use the function, mxClassIDFromClassName, to derive the classid value from a class name character array.

The classid tells MATLAB how you want the numerical array data to be represented in memory. For example, specifying the int32 class causes each piece of numerical data in the mxArray to be represented as a 32-bit signed integer.

mxCreateNumericArray accepts any of the MATLAB signed numeric classes, shown to the left in the table below.

ComplexFlag
If the data you plan to put into the mxArray has no imaginary components, specify 0. If the data will have some imaginary components, specify 1.

Returns

A pointer to the created mxArray, if successful. If unsuccessful in a stand-alone (nonMEX-file) application, mxCreateNumericArray returns 0. If unsuccessful in a MEX-file, the MEX-file terminates and control returns to the MATLAB prompt. mxCreateNumericArray is unsuccessful when there is not enough free heap space to create the mxArray.

Description

Call mxCreateNumericArray to create an N-dimensional mxArray in which all data elements have the numeric data type specified by classid. After creating the mxArray, mxCreateNumericArray initializes all its real data elements to 0. If ComplexFlag is set to 1, mxCreateNumericArray also initializes all its imaginary data elements to 0.

The following table shows the Fortran data types that are equivalent to MATLAB classes. Use these as shown in the example below.

MATLAB Class Name
Fortran Type

int8
INTEGER*1

int16
INTEGER*2

int32
INTEGER*4

single
REAL*4

double
REAL*8

single, with imaginary components
COMPLEX*8

double, with imaginary components
COMPLEX*16

MATLAB Class Name	Fortran Type
`int8`	`INTEGER*1`
`int16`	`INTEGER*2`
`int32`	`INTEGER*4`
`single`	`REAL*4`
`double`	`REAL*8`
`single`, with imaginary components	`COMPLEX*8`
`double`, with imaginary components	`COMPLEX*16`

mxCreateNumericArray differs from mxCreateDoubleMatrix in two important respects:

All data elements in mxCreateDoubleMatrix are double-precision, floating-point numbers. The data elements in mxCreateNumericArray could be any numerical type, including different integer precisions.

mxCreateDoubleMatrix can create two-dimensional arrays only; mxCreateNumericArray can create arrays of two or more dimensions.

mxCreateNumericArray allocates dynamic memory to store the created mxArray. When you finish with the created mxArray, call mxDestroyArray to deallocate its memory.

Example

To create a 4-by-4-by-2 array of REAL*8 elements having no imaginary components, use

C      Create 4x4x2 mxArray of REAL*8
       data dims / 4, 4, 2 /
       mxCreateNumericArray(3, dims,
     +                mxClassIDFromClassName('double'), 0)

mxCreateFull (Obsolete) mxCreateNumericMatrix