Convert Matlab engine outputs to numpy arrays

When I use MATLAB engine for python, the outputs of functions are not numpy arrays. Rather, they are matlab engine variables. Since there is not much to be done with those variable types in python, unless the variables are converted to numpy arrays, I was wondering if there is a [fast] way to convert them to numpy arrays.

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

The MATLAB Engine for Python:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html

returns these data classes in Python:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/handle-data-returned-from-matlab-to-python.html

All of these can be handled by numpy, so it should be possible to call numpy.asarray:

 np.asarray(output_array)

As an alternative, try this method:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34155829/how-to-efficiently-convert-matlab-engine-arrays-to-numpy-ndarray

[Rishikesh Agrawani]

Excellent, it worked.