Get the array of objects.
Get Type, Handle, and Path of One Model Element
To get the type or handle of a model element the Simulink.connectBlocks function created when making a connection, use dot notation. If the model element is a block, you can also get the block path using dot notation.
For example, to get the type of the model element corresponding to the object in the transits array with index 1, use this command.
type =
Type enumeration
block
To get the handle, use this command.
To get the block path, use this command.
path =
'GetNameHandleTypeofConnection/Plant/Inport'
Get Types and Handles of All Model Elements
To get the types or handles of all model elements the Simulink.connectBlocks function created when making a connection, you can use the arrayfun function.
For example, to get the types, use these commands.
1. Create this function handle. The function input is represented by the variable t. The handle defines a function that gets the object stored in the transits array at index t, and then gets the model element type for that object.
2. Get the indices of all the transits array elements.
3. Pass the function handle and the indices to the arrayfun function.
types =
1x3 Type enumeration array
block line line
The output is an enumeration array. To convert the enumeration array to a string array, use this command.
typesStr = 1x3 string
"block" "line" "line"
To get the handles, use these commands.
handles=1×3 cell array
{[184.0016]} {[187.0026]} {[188.0024]}
Get Handles of Model Elements of Specific Type
You can also use the arrayfun function to get the handles of all model elements of a specific type created by the Simulink.connectBlocks function when making a connection.
For example, get the handles of all the signal lines represented by the objects in the transits array.
1. Create this function handle. The handle defines the same function as before, but also compares the model element type of the array object to "line". If the model element type is a line, the function outputs 1. Otherwise, the function outputs 0.
2. Create a second function handle. This handle defines a function that gets the model element handles.
3. Get the indices of the transits array elements.
4. Pass the function handle named hFunc1 and the indices to the arrayfun function. The output is a logical array that indicates which model elements in the transits array are lines.
5. Get the handles of all model elements in the transits array by passing the function handle named hFunc2 to the arrayfun function.
6. Get the handles of all signal lines by extracting the elements of the vector h that correspond to signal lines. If an element in the vector h corresponds to a signal line, the element of the vector isTypeLine with the same index has a value of 1.
h = 1×2
187.0026 188.0024
Get Block Paths
You can use a similar approach to get the block paths of all blocks created by the Simulink.connectBlocks function when making a connection.
1. Create this function handle. The function input is represented by the variable t. The handle defines a function that gets the object stored in the transits array at index t, and then gets the model element type for that object. The function then compares the model element type of the array object to "block". If the model element type is a block, the function outputs 1. Otherwise, the function outputs 0.
2. Create a second function handle. This handle defines a function that gets the model element paths.
3. Get the indices of the transits array elements.
4. Pass the function handle named hFunc1 and the indices to the arrayfun function. The output is a logical array that indicates which model elements in the transits array are blocks.
5. Get the block paths entries of all objects in the transits array by passing the function handle named hFunc2 to the arrayfun function. For objects corresponding to model elements that are not blocks, the entry is empty. To enable the output of a cell array that might contain both block paths and empty cell array elements, set UniformOutput to false.
h = 1x3 cell
{'GetNameHandleTypeofConnection/Plant/Inport'} {0x0 char} {0x0 char}
6. Get the block paths of all blocks by extracting the elements of the vector h that correspond to signal lines. If an element in the vector h corresponds to a signal line, the element of the vector isTypeLine with the same index has a value of 1.
h = 1x1 cell array
{'GetNameHandleTypeofConnection/Plant/Inport'}
