ssGetDataTypeId

Get the ID of a data type

Syntax

DTypeId ssGetDataTypeId(SimStruct *S, char *name)

Arguments

S

SimStruct that represents an S-Function block.

name

Name of a data type.

Returns

The ID of the custom data type specified by name if name is a registered type name. Otherwise, returns INVALID_DTYPE_ID and reports an error.

Description

Use to obtain the data type ID of a custom data type.

Note

Because this macro reports any error that occurs, you do not need to use ssSetErrorStatus to report the error.

For more information about using custom data types in S-functions, see Configure Custom Data Types.

Languages

C, C++

Examples

The following example gets the ID of the data type named Color.

int_T id = ssGetDataTypeId (S, "Color");
if(id == INVALID_DTYPE_ID) return;