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Functions Not Supported for Compilation by MATLAB Compiler and MATLAB Compiler SDK

Note

Due to the number of active and ever-changing list of MathWorks® products and functions, this is not a complete list of functions that cannot be compiled. If you have a question as to whether a specific MathWorks product's function is able to be compiled or not, the definitive source is that product's documentation. For an updated list of such functions, see Support for MATLAB and Toolboxes.

Functions that cannot be compiled fall into the following categories:

  • Functions that print or report MATLAB® code from a function, such as the MATLAB help function or debug functions.

  • Simulink® functions, in general.

  • Functions that require a command line, such as the MATLAB lookfor function.

  • clc, home, and savepath, which do not do anything in deployed mode.

In addition, there are functions and programs that have been identified as non-deployable due to licensing restrictions.

Only certain tools that allow run-time manipulation of figures are supported for compilation, for example, adding legends, selecting data points, zooming in and out, etc.

mccExcludedFiles.log lists all the functions and files excluded by mcc. It is created after each attempted build.

Functions from unsupported products are reported in a warning, and listed in unresolvedSymbols.txt. For more information on product support for MATLAB Compiler™, see https://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/compiler_support.html

List of Unsupported Functions and Programs

add_block
add_line
checkcode
close_system
colormapeditor
commandwindow
Control System Toolbox™ prescale GUI
dbclear
dbcont
dbdown
dbquit
dbstack
dbstatus
dbstep
dbstop
dbtype
dbup
delete_block
delete_line
depfun
doc
echo
edit
export
fields
figure_palette
get_param
help
home
inmem
inspect
keyboard
linkdata
linmod
load_system
matlab.unittest.TestSuite.fromProject
mislocked
mlock
more
munlock
new_system
open
open_system
pack
pcode
plotbrowser
plotedit
plottools
profile
profsave
propedit
propertyeditor
publish
quit
rehash
restoredefaultpath
run
segment
set_param
sldebug
type

Note

The diary function is supported. However, when called from a compiled Python® package it will produce an empty text file. For information on logging command window text with a compiled Python package, see Redirect Standard Output and Error to Python.