mxChar (C)

Type for string array

Description

MATLAB^® stores an mxArray string as type mxChar to represent the C-style char type. MATLAB uses 16-bit unsigned integer character encoding for Unicode^® characters.

The header file containing this type is:

#include "matrix.h"

Examples

To open an example, type:

edit([fullfile(matlabroot,"extern","examples","mx","filename")]);

where filename is:

• mxmalloc.c

• mxcreatecharmatrixfromstr.c

To open an example, type:

edit([fullfile(matlabroot,"extern","examples","mex","filename")]);

where filename is:

• explore.c