String with "

[lskov]

Hello

Im am tryint to send a string from python to matlab. But how can i send a string including ".

Example:
Firs what matlab need.
matlab.Execstme("fprintf('%6.3f\n',test)")

And now i will send an variable so i write this

def setVarSim(self, varName, varValue):
"executes Matlab command, for setting value, return nothing"
mlab_code = varName+"="+varValue
return self.matlab.Execute(mlab_code)

This will not work becuse matlab need "statement" and if write "" it looks like an string for python.

Any idea? Or am i not clear enougth?

[ghostdog74]

try backslash, \"

[lskov]

Not working

self.matlab.Execute(\" mlab_code \")

[ghostdog74]

Not working

self.matlab.Execute(\" mlab_code \")

how about this

self.matlab.Execute("''%s'" % mlab_code)

[lskov]

noep

>>> matlab.setVarSim(test,22)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
File "L:\workspace\TestMlab\src\default\test_script_wea therstation.py", line 25, in setVarSim
mlab_code = varName+"="+varValue
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, int found

hmmmmm?

[ghostdog74]

noep

>>> matlab.setVarSim(test,22)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
File "L:\workspace\TestMlab\src\default\test_script_wea therstation.py", line 25, in setVarSim
mlab_code = varName+"="+varValue
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, int found

hmmmmm?

the error says it all, if my guess is correct, your varValue is a number so doing this:
str(varValue) might solve the problem

[lskov]

Thanks.

now im just have one problem. how can i define my function so mi argument is charachter.

example:
in java or c you can define what you argument is like
test_function(char test, int var)

[ghostdog74]

if you want, you can set your argument to a default null string.eg

def func(mi=""):
      ...
      ...
 

because Python is a dynamically typed language, there's no need to declare your variables. you just "change" the type around when you need it.

def func(mi):
      if str(mi): #make m to be string.
          .....
      do_somethingelse( int(m) ) #make m to be integer
      try:
            int(m)
      except: print "cannot make to integer"
      ....
 

[bartonc]

Thanks.

now im just have one problem. how can i define my function so mi argument is charachter.

example:
in java or c you can define what you argument is like
test_function(char test, int var)

I just found PyMat.

I hope MatLab users find this useful.