call_scilab

Description

Scilab offers the possibility to be called from a native (C/C++) application.

Thanks to this module, it is possible to call Scilab from C/C++ in order to interface Scilab's features from an other code/application or to be able to interface Scilab's features from an other language.

Since Scilab 5.2.0, all Scilab datatype can be handle by call_scilab. This is done thanks to API_Scilab

This help describes the features of the call_scilab API.

Note: The javasci module is based on call_scilab.

Note: old APIs (stackX.h) will not be available after Scilab 6.0 (included).

Examples

// A simple call_scilab example

#include <stdio.h> /* stderr */

#include "api_scilab.h" /* Provide functions to access to the memory of Scilab */
#include "call_scilab.h" /* Provide functions to call Scilab engine */

// Filename: simple_call_scilab.c

int main(void)
{
/****** INITIALIZATION **********/
#ifdef _MSC_VER
 if ( StartScilab(NULL,NULL,NULL) == FALSE )
#else
 if ( StartScilab(getenv("SCI"),NULL,NULL) == FALSE )
#endif
  {
   fprintf(stderr,"Error while calling StartScilab\n");
   return -1;
  }

/****** ACTUAL Scilab TASKS *******/

 SendScilabJob("myMatrix=['sample','for the help']");
 SendScilabJob("disp(myMatrix);"); // Will display !sample  for the help  !
 SendScilabJob("disp([2,3]+[-44,39]);"); // Will display   - 42.    42.

/****** TERMINATION **********/
 if ( TerminateScilab(NULL) == FALSE ) {
  fprintf(stderr,"Error while calling TerminateScilab\n");
  return -2;
 }
 return 0;
}

History

See also

• api Scilab — api_scilab is the Scilab 6 interface to access Scilab variables.
• Compile and run with call_scilab — How to compile a native application based on or using Scilab
• Matrix Management — How to manage Scilab's variable read and write process using call_scilab and api_scilab
• Boolean Management — How to manage Scilab's boolean read and write process using call_scilab and api_scilab
• Complex Management — How to manage Scilab's complex variable read and write process using call_scilab
• String Management — How to manage Scilab's String read and write process using call_scilab and api_scilab