User`s manual

Examples of Calling Engine Functions
4-9
*/
engOutputBuffer(ep, buffer, BUFSIZE);
while (result == NULL) {
char str[BUFSIZE];
/*
* Get a string input from the user.
*/
printf("Enter a MATLAB command to evaluate. This
command should\n");
printf("create a variable X. This program will then
determine\n");
printf("what kind of variable you created.\n");
printf("For example: X = 1:5\n");
printf(">> ");
fgets(str, BUFSIZE-1, stdin);
/*
* Evaluate input with engEvalString.
*/
engEvalString(ep, str);
/*
* Echo the output from the command. First two characters
* are always the double prompt (>>).
*/
printf("%s", buffer+2);
/*
* Get result of computation.
*/
printf("\nRetrieving X...\n");
if ((result = engGetArray(ep,"X")) == NULL)
printf("Oops! You didn't create a variable X.\n\n");
else {
printf("X is class %s\t\n", mxGetClassName(result));
}
}