How to pass string to matlab function in C programs

Hi all,

I wanna pass string argument(such as the path name)to matlab function which is called in my C program. But I know matlab can only accept matrix as the input/output argument, such as mwArray or mxArray. So how to do that?

Thanks.

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Why same repeated question ?

[Ruixue Zhang]

Have no idea about it, I just edit it.

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

An mxArray can also contain a string. An mxArray is a structure that wraps everything (nicely?):

http://www.mathworks.se/help/techdoc/apiref/mxcreatestring.html