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MAT_VARCREATESTRUCT(3)                      DragonFly Library Functions Manual

NAME
     Mat_VarCreateStruct - Creates a structure variable.

SYNOPSIS
     #include <matio.h>

     matvar_t *
     Mat_VarCreateStruct(const char *name, int rank, size_t *dims,
         const char **fields, unsigned nfields);

DESCRIPTION
     The Mat_VarCreateStruct() function creates a structure variable named
     name that can be written to a MAT file.

RETURN VALUES
     If the structure variable was successfully created, a pointer to the
     variable is returned. Otherwise NULL is returned. The structure variable
     pointer should be free'd when no longer needed using Mat_VarFree(3) after
     calling the function if necessary.

EXAMPLES
     This example program opens a MAT file named by the first argument to the
     program, and writes a structure named a to the file.

     #include "matio.h"

     int
     main(int argc,char **argv)
     {
         mat_t    *matfp;
         matvar_t *matvar;
         matvar_t *field;
         const char *fields[2] = {"field1","field2"};
         double       data1 = 1, data2 = 2;
         size_t       dims[2] = {1, 1};

         matfp = Mat_Open(argv[1],MAT_ACC_RDWR);
         if ( NULL == matfp ) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Error opening MAT file %s0,argv[1]);
             return EXIT_FAILURE;
         }

         dims[0] = 1; dims[1] = 1;
         matvar = Mat_VarCreateStruct("a",2,dims,fields,2);
         if ( NULL == matvar ) {
             Mat_Close(matfp);
             return EXIT_FAILURE;
         }

         field = Mat_VarCreate(NULL,MAT_C_DOUBLE,MAT_T_DOUBLE,2,dims,&data1,
                     MAT_F_DONT_COPY_DATA);
         Mat_VarSetStructFieldByName(matvar, "field1", 0, field);

         field = Mat_VarCreate(NULL,MAT_C_DOUBLE,MAT_T_DOUBLE,2,dims,&data2,
                     MAT_F_DONT_COPY_DATA);
         Mat_VarSetStructFieldByName(matvar, "field2", 0, field);

         Mat_VarWrite(matfp,matvar,MAT_COMPRESSION_NONE);
         Mat_VarFree(matvar);

         Mat_Close(matfp);
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }

SEE ALSO
     Mat_VarCreate(3), Mat_VarSetStructFieldByName(3)

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