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doc: miscellaneous documentation improvements * aspell-octave.en.pws: Add new words to spelling dictionary. * expr.txi: Use hyphens in "element-by-element" construction. * install.txi: Miscellaneous docstring improvements. * mk_undocumented_list: Update script. * xlim.m: Add ylim and zlim to function index. * data.cc: Add inf and nan to to function index. * file-io.cc: Add octave_tmp_file_name to function index. Expand docstring for SEEK_CUR and SEEK_END. * help.cc: Miscellaneous docstring improvements. * syscalls.cc: Improve docstrings for F_XXXX series of functions.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:39:44 -0800
parents 4295d634797d
children be41c30bcb44
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#include "mex.h"

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

  if (nrhs != 2 || ! mxIsString (prhs[0]))
    mexErrMsgTxt ("expects symbol name and value");

  str = mxArrayToString (prhs[0]);

  v = mexGetArray (str, "global");

  if (v)
    {
      mexPrintf ("%s is a global variable with the following value:\n", str);
      mexCallMATLAB (0, 0, 1, &v, "disp");
    }

  v = mexGetArray (str, "caller");

  if (v)
    {
      mexPrintf ("%s is a caller variable with the following value:\n", str);
      mexCallMATLAB (0, 0, 1, &v, "disp");
    }

  // WARNING!! Can't do this in MATLAB!  Must copy variable first.
  mxSetName (prhs[1], str);  
  mexPutArray (prhs[1], "caller");
}