Error "assignment to expression with array type" when using C script to handle complex number with mex.

Initialize pointer

/*Input variables*/

      double *kloc_r;
      double *kloc_i;
      double *img_r;
      double *img_i;

Assign the complex numbers to array my_plan.f_hat[] whose element's type is double complex.

      for(int i = 0; i < row; i++){
          for(int j = 0; j < col; j++){
              double real = img_r[(j*row + i)];
              double imag = img_i[(j*row + i)];
              my_plan.f_hat[(j*row + i)] = real +_Complex_I*imag;
          }
      }

Assign double numbers to array my_plan.x[] whose element's type is double.

    for(j = 0; j < my_plan.M_total; j++){
        my_plan.x[2*j + 0] = kloc_r[j];
        my_plan.x[2*j + 1] = kloc_i[j];
    }

When compiling, it alerts me with following error.

error: assignment to expression with array type: my_plan.f_hat[(j*row + i)] = real +_Complex_I*imag;

Source Code

#include "mex.h"
#include "nfft3.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <complex.h>

void mexFunction(int nlhs, mxArray *plhs[],
    int nrhs, const mxArray *prhs[]){

      if(nrhs!=2){
          mexErrMsgTxt("Usage: res = nfft(kloc, img)");
          return;
      }

      /*Input variables*/

      double *kloc_r;
      double *kloc_i;
      double *img_r;
      double *img_i;

      /*Output variables*/

      double *kval_r;
      double *kval_i;

      /*Initialization*/

      kloc_r = mxGetPr(prhs[0]);
      kloc_i = mxGetPi(prhs[0]);
      img_r = mxGetPr(prhs[1]);
      img_i = mxGetPi(prhs[1]);

      plhs[0] = mxCreateDoubleMatrix(mxGetM(prhs[0]), 
                                     mxGetN(prhs[0]), mxCOMPLEX);
      kval_r = mxGetPr(plhs[0]);
      kval_i = mxGetPi(plhs[0]);

      int i, j;
      int row = mxGetM(prhs[1]);
      int col = mxGetN(prhs[1]);
      int M = mxGetM(prhs[0]) * mxGetN(prhs[0]);

      /* two dimensional nfft */
      nfft_plan my_plan;
      nfft_init_2d(&my_plan, row, col, M);

      /*Get image(time domain)*/
      for(int i = 0; i < row; i++){
          for(int j = 0; j < col; j++){
              my_plan.f_hat[(j*row + i)] = img_r[(j*row + i)] +
                                           _Complex_I*img_i[(j*row + i)];
          }
      }

      /*Get k-space trajectory*/
      for(j = 0; j < my_plan.M_total; j++){
          my_plan.x[2*j + 0] = kloc_r[j];
          my_plan.x[2*j + 1] = kloc_i[j];
      }

      if(my_plan.flags & PRE_PSI)
          nfft_precompute_psi(&my_plan);

      /*Apply transform*/
      nfft_trafo(&my_plan);

      /*Output k value*/
      for(j = 0; j < my_plan.M_total; j++){
          kval_r[j] = creal(my_plan.f[j]);
          kval_i[j] = cimag(my_plan.f[j]);
      }

      nfft_finalize(&my_plan);
  }
Error

[James Tursa]

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[JasonLuo]

Modified