Generate Code for Variant Subsystem with Child Subsystems of Different Output Signal Dimensions

This example shows how to use symbolic dimensions to generate code with preprocessor conditionals for a variant subsystem consisting of child subsystems of different output signal dimensions. The value of the variant control variable determines the active variant choice and the output signal dimensions. By changing the value of the variant control variable, you change the active variant and the output signal dimensions in the generated code.

Example Model

The model slexVariantSymbolicDims contains a Variant Subsystem consisting of the child subsystems Subsystem and Subsystem1. When the variant control variable Var has a value of 1, Subsystem is the active variant. When Var has a value of 2, Subsystem1 is the active variant.

Simulate Model

To generate code with preprocessor conditionals, the output signal dimensions of the child subsystems must be the same during simulation. In this example, double-clicking the subsystem Activate Variant Choice changes the active variant and the output signal dimension. When Var equals 1, the output signal dimension of each child subsystem is 5. When Var equals 2, the output signal dimension of each child subsystem is 6.

Open the example model slexVariantSymbolicDims.
On the Debug tab, select Information Overlays > Signal Dimensions.
Open the Variant Subsystem Block Parameters dialog box. The Variant activation time parameter is set to code compile.
Open Subsystem. In the Constant Block Parameters dialog box, the Constant value parameter is P1.
Open Subsystem1. In the Constant Block Parameters dialog box, the Constant value parameter is P2.
Open the base workspace. The Simulink.Parameters P1 and P2 are arrays with dimensions '[1,A]'. The Simulink.Parameter A has a value of 5. Var has a value of 1.
Simulate the model. Subsystem is the active variant with an output signal dimension of 5.
Double-click the masked subsystem ActivateVariant.
In the base workspace, Var has a value of 2. P1 and P2 have a dimension of 6. A has a value of 6.
Simulate the model. Subsystem1 is the active variant with an output signal dimension of 6.

In the base workspace, A has a Storage class of ImportedDefine(Custom). To use a Simulink.Parameter object for dimension specification, it must have one of these storage classes:

Define or ImportedDefine with header file specified
CompilerFlag
User-defined custom storage class that defines data as a macro in a specified header file

In the base workspace, P1 and P2 have a storage class of ImportedExtern. A Simulink.Parameter object that uses a Simulink.Parameter for symbolic dimension specification must have a storage class of either ImportedExtern or ImportedExternPointer, or a storage class with the Data initialization property set to None.

Generate Code

Open the header file slexVariantSymbolicDims_variant_defines.h. The definition of A is conditional upon the value of Var.

/* Copyright 2016 The MathWorks, Inc. */
// To select variant choice during compile, define Var at compile time, 

#ifndef Var
#define Var 1
#endif

#if Var == 1
#define A 5
#elif Var == 2
#define A 6
#else
#error "Variant control variable, Var, must be defined as 1 or 2"
#endif

Generate code.

Open the slexVariantSymbolicDims.h file. The output dimension size is A.

/* External outputs (root outports fed by signals with auto storage) */
typedef struct {
  int32_T Out1[A];                     /* '<Root>/Out1' */
} ExternalOutputs_slexVariantSymb;

Open the slexVariantSymbolicDims.c file. If Var equals 1, P1 has five values. If Var equals 2, P2 has six values. In the Configuration Parameters dialog box, on the Code Generation > Custom Code pane, the Additional code parameter contains this code.
```
/* user code (top of source file) */
#if Var == 1

int32_T P1[] = { 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 };

#elif Var == 2

int32_T P2[] = { 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 };

#endif
```
Preprocessor conditionals control the size of A and which array, P1 or P2, is active in the generated code. By changing the value of Var, you can change the size of A and the active array.