External Interfaces/API Reference

mxIsChar

True if a string mxArray

C Syntax

• #include "matrix.h"
  bool mxIsChar(const mxArray *array_ptr);
  

Arguments

array_ptr
   Pointer to an mxArray.

Returns

true if array_ptr points to an array having the class mxCHAR_CLASS, and false otherwise.

Description

Use mxIsChar to determine if array_ptr points to string mxArray.

Calling mxIsChar is equivalent to calling

• mxGetClassID(array_ptr) == mxCHAR_CLASS
  

Examples

See phonebook.c and revord.c in the refbook subdirectory of the examples directory.

For additional examples, see mxcreatecharmatrixfromstr.c, mxislogical.c, and mxmalloc.c in the mx subdirectory of the examples directory.

See Also

mxIsClass, mxGetClassID

mxIsCell

mxIsClass