mxArrayToUTF8String (C) - Array to string in UTF-8 encoding - MATLAB (original) (raw)

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Array to string in UTF-8 encoding

C Syntax

#include "matrix.h" char *mxArrayToUTF8String(const mxArray *array_ptr);

Arguments

array_ptr

Pointer to mxCHAR array.

Returns

C-style string in UTF-8 encoding. Returns NULL on failure. Possible reasons for failure include out of memory and specifying an array that is not anmxCHAR array.

Description

Call mxArrayToUTF8String to copy the character data of anmxCHAR array into a C-style string. The data is stored in column-major order. If the array contains multiple rows, the rows are copied column-wise into a single array.

Version History

Introduced in R2015a

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The mxArrayToUTF8String function returns UTF-8 encoded data.