MATLAB returns empty string from C-MEX file

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Zoltán Csáti
Zoltán Csáti el 19 de Nov. de 2018
Comentada: Zoltán Csáti el 22 de Nov. de 2018
I have an external C function which takes a double pointer and returns a char. The problem is that when I interface that function, I cannot extract the character. Always an empty string is returned by MATLAB. What is the problem? The mex compiler returns no errors and warnings.
Here is a minimum working example:
#include "mex.h"
char mwe(double* a)
{
return 'h';
}
/* Gateway function */
void mexFunction( int nlhs, mxArray *plhs[],
int nrhs, const mxArray *prhs[])
{
char *code;
double *input;
input = mxGetPr(prhs[0]);
*code = mwe(input);
plhs[0] = mxCreateString(code);
}

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James Tursa
James Tursa el 19 de Nov. de 2018
Editada: James Tursa el 20 de Nov. de 2018
It is hard to believe that this code did not crash MATLAB. The issues:
char *code; <-- This is an uninitialized pointer ... it contains a garbage address
double *input;
input = mxGetPr(prhs[0]);
*code = mwe(input); <-- this copies a char into the garbage address (should have crashed MATLAB here)
plhs[0] = mxCreateString(code); <-- Attempts to create a MATLAB char array from the bytes at that garbage address
That mxCreateString( ) call could easily have crashed MATLAB as well. If you want to copy characters into a pointer, then you need to allocate that pointer first. E.g.,
code = mxMalloc(2);
:
code[0] = mwe(input);
code[1] = '\0'; /* Null terminate the string */
:
mxFree(code);
It is not really clear what your ultimate intent is passing a double pointer into mwe and getting a char passed back, so I can't give you any advice there unless you give more details.
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James Tursa
James Tursa el 22 de Nov. de 2018
If you are always only getting a single char back and you want to create an mxArray string from it, I would just avoid that mxMalloc( ) and mxFree( ) stuff entirely. E.g., just do this instead:
char code[2] = {0,0}; /* Includes the null termination */
double *input;
input = mxGetPr(prhs[0]);
code[0] = mwe(input);
plhs[0] = mxCreateString(code);
Zoltán Csáti
Zoltán Csáti el 22 de Nov. de 2018
Yes, the C function I must interface always returns one char. Thanks for the suggestion.

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