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mxCreateCellArray (C and Fortran)

N-D cell array

C Syntax

#include "matrix.h"
mxArray *mxCreateCellArray(mwSize ndim, const mwSize *dims);

Fortran Syntax

#include "fintrf.h"
mwPointer mxCreateCellArray(ndim, dims)
mwSize ndim
mwSize dims(ndim)

Arguments

ndim

Number of dimensions in the created cell. For example, to create a three-dimensional cell mxArray, set ndim to 3.

dims

Dimensions array. Each element in the dimensions array contains the size of the mxArray in that dimension. For example, in C, setting dims[0] to 5 and dims[1] to 7 establishes a 5-by-7 mxArray. In Fortran, setting dims(1) to 5 and dims(2) to 7 establishes a 5-by-7 mxArray. Usually, the dims array contains ndim elements.

Returns

Pointer to the created mxArray. If unsuccessful in a standalone (non-MEX file) application, returns NULL in C (0 in Fortran). If unsuccessful in a MEX file, the MEX file terminates and returns control to the MATLAB® prompt. The function is unsuccessful when there is not enough free heap space to create the mxArray.

Description

Use mxCreateCellArray to create a cell mxArray with size defined by ndim and dims. For example, in C, to establish a three-dimensional cell mxArray having dimensions 4-by-8-by-7, set:

ndim = 3;
dims[0] = 4; dims[1] = 8; dims[2] = 7;

In Fortran, to establish a three-dimensional cell mxArray having dimensions 4-by-8-by-7, set:

ndim = 3;
dims(1) = 4; dims(2) = 8; dims(3) = 7;

The created cell mxArray is unpopulated; mxCreateCellArray initializes each cell to NULL. To put data into a cell, call mxSetCell.

MATLAB automatically removes any trailing singleton dimensions specified in the dims argument. For example, if ndim equals 5 and dims equals [4 1 7 1 1], then the resulting array has the dimensions 4-by-1-by-7.

Examples

See these examples in matlabroot/extern/examples/refbook:

Version History

Introduced before R2006a