November 29, 2013
Matlab Simple mex Example
Matlab mex functions can be used to extend Matlab functionality or to improve performance by using compiled code as opposed to interpreted matlab syntax. Using mex functions is explained in many places on the web however the following is a simple template example to demonstrate that:
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//This is required #include "mex.h" //Gateway function to specify input and output variables void mexFunction (int num_output, mxArray* output_pars[], int num_input, const mxArray* input_pars[]) { //Check number of inputs. In this case it is 2 //First input is a matrix. Second input is a scalar if (num_input != 2) { mexErrMsgTxt("Incorrect number of input arguments"); } //Check number of outputs. In this case it is 1 if (num_output != 1) { mexErrMsgTxt("Incorrect number of output arguments"); } //Get second input parameter. It is an integer scalar. int second_input_int = (int)(mxGetScalar(input_pars[1])); //Associate inputs mxArray * first_input_matrix_mx = mxDuplicateArray(input_pars[0]); //Figure out dimensions. I am not using these variables in this //Demo but they can be used to check the number of rows and columns //of the first input parameter matrix const int dims = mxGetDimensions(input_pars[0]); int dimy = (int)dims[0]; int dimx = (int)dims[1]; //Associate outputs. The output is a column vector of 10 elements mxArray * first_output_matrix_mx = output_pars[0] = mxCreateDoubleMatrix(10, 1, mxREAL); //Associate pointers double * first_input_matrix = mxGetPr(first_input_matrix_mx); double * first_output_matrix = mxGetPr(first_output_matrix_mx); //For each output element in the column vector of 10 elements for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { //Calculate the output value. In this case we are just //incrementing the value a number of times defined //by the second input scalar parameter first_output_matrix[i] = 0; for(int j = 0; j < second_input_int; j++) { first_output_matrix[i] = first_output_matrix[i] + 1; } } return; } |
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