Which Code Generation Feature to Use

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Generate MEX functions for verifying generated code	codegen function	MATLAB® Coder™	Try this in Accelerate MATLAB Algorithm by Generating MEX Function (MATLAB Coder).
Produce readable, efficient, and compact code from MATLAB algorithms for deployment to desktop and embedded systems.	MATLAB Coder app	MATLAB Coder	Try this in Generate C Code by Using the MATLAB Coder App (MATLAB Coder).
	codegen function	MATLAB Coder	Try this in Generate C Code at the Command Line (MATLAB Coder).
Generate MEX functions to accelerate MATLAB algorithms	MATLAB Coder app	MATLAB Coder	See Accelerate MATLAB Algorithms (MATLAB Coder).
	codegen function	MATLAB Coder
Integrate MATLAB code into Simulink®	MATLAB Function block	Simulink	Try this in Call MATLAB Function Files in MATLAB Function Blocks.
Speed up fixed point MATLAB code	fiaccel function	Fixed-Point Designer™	Learn more in Code Acceleration and Code Generation from MATLAB (Fixed-Point Designer).
Integrate custom C code into MATLAB and generate efficient, readable code	codegen function	MATLAB Coder	Learn more in Call Custom C/C++ Code from the Generated Code (MATLAB Coder).
Integrate custom C code into code generated from MATLAB	coder.ceval function	MATLAB Coder	Learn more in coder.ceval (MATLAB Coder).
Generate HDL from MATLAB code	MATLAB Function block	Simulink and HDL Coder™	Learn more at www.mathworks.com/ products/slhdlcoder.