MATLAB: S-Function String Parameter C++

cmexs-functionsimulinkstring

Hey,
I've trouble reading the value of a string passed to MATLAB as an S-Function parameter in C++:
std::string str(mxArrayToString(ssGetSFcnParam(S,0)));
Throws the following exception:
Program: C:\windows\SYSTEM32\MSVCP140D.dll
File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\include\xstring
Line: 1181
Expression: invalid null pointer
For information on how your program can cause an assertion
failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts.
(Press Retry to debug the application)
MATLAB.exe has triggered a breakpoint.
Exception thrown at 0x00007FFB6C9A0A63 (test.mexw64) in MATLAB.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000000000000.
> throw_segv_longjmp_seh_filter()
throw_segv_longjmp_seh_filter(): invoking THROW_SEGV_LONGJMP SEH filter
> throwSegvLongjmpFilter()
MATLAB.exe has triggered a breakpoint.
The program '[19672] MATLAB.exe' has exited with code 0 (0x0).
For debugging purposes I splitted it up:
const mxArray* pArrayValue = ssGetSFcnParam(S,0);
const char* pCharArray = mxArrayToString(pArrayValue);
std::string str(pCharArray);
pCharArray points to:
0x000000000000000
I am using VS 14.0.25431.01 Update 3 on Win 10 Pro 17134.165 with Matlab 2018a. I found code in our companies repository where both of the above code snippets are working, in MATLAB 2013b, what am I doing wrong? Is this syntax invalid in 2018a?
Edit 31.08.18:
I added an example:
#define S_FUNCTION_LEVEL 2
#define S_FUNCTION_NAME  sfun_pass_string
#include "simstruc.h"
#include <string>
static void mdlInitializeSizes(SimStruct *S)
{
    ssSetNumSFcnParams(S, 1);
      ssSetSFcnParamTunable(S, 0, SS_PRM_NOT_TUNABLE);
      if (ssGetNumSFcnParams(S) != ssGetSFcnParamsCount(S)) {
          return;
      }
      if (!ssSetNumInputPorts(S,1)) return;
    ssSetInputPortWidth(S, 0, DYNAMICALLY_SIZED);
    ssSetInputPortDirectFeedThrough(S, 0, 1);
  if (!ssSetNumOutputPorts(S, 1)) return;
  ssSetOutputPortWidth(S, 0, DYNAMICALLY_SIZED);
      ssSetNumSampleTimes(S, 1);
      ssSetOptions(S, SS_OPTION_CALL_TERMINATE_ON_EXIT);
}
static void mdlInitializeSampleTimes(SimStruct *S)
{
  ssSetSampleTime(S, 0, INHERITED_SAMPLE_TIME);
  ssSetOffsetTime(S, 0, 0.0);
  ssSetModelReferenceSampleTimeDefaultInheritance(S);
}
#define MDL_START
static void mdlStart(SimStruct *S)
{
    mexPrintf("class of parameter: %s", mxGetClassName(ssGetSFcnParam(S,0)));
    const mxArray* pArrayValue = ssGetSFcnParam(S,0);
    const char* pCharArray = mxArrayToString(pArrayValue);
    std::string string_1(pCharArray);
    mexPrintf(string_1.c_str());
}
static void mdlOutputs(SimStruct *S, int_T tid)
{
}                                                
static void mdlTerminate(SimStruct *S)
{
}                                      
#ifdef  MATLAB_MEX_FILE    /* Is this file being compiled as a MEX-file? */
#include "simulink.c"      /* MEX-file interface mechanism */
#else
#include "cg_sfun.h"       /* Code generation registration function */
#endif

Best Answer

Hi Nils,
I didn't take a look into the zip file but could it be that you did the same mistake as I, namely, really passing a string ("hello") to the S-function instead of the char array ('hello')? If I use the string class, then I see the same problem. When passing an old fashioned char array, then everything works as expected.
Titus
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