MATLAB Application Program Interface Reference

Set the name of an mxArray

subroutine mxSetName(pm, name)
integer*4 pm
character*(32) name

Arguments

Pointer to an mxArray.

name

The name you are assigning to the mxArray. The specified name can be up to 32 characters. If you specify a name longer than 32 characters, mxSetName assigns only the first 32 characters to the name.

Description

Call mxSetName to establish a name for an mxArray or to change an existing name.

mxSetName assigns the characters in name to a fixed-width section of memory. Do not deallocate this memory.