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ToCCodeString

ToCCodeString[symbolicC]
generates a string of C code from a symbolic C expression.

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SymbolicC expressions are inert; they evaluate to themselves, staying in an unevaluated form.

SymbolicC expressions can be converted into a C string with .

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Basic Examples (1)

To use SymbolicC you first need to load the package:

This creates an entire program:

To use SymbolicC you first need to load the package:

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This creates an entire program:

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Applications (1)

Writing programs that write other programs, also called "metaprogramming" or simply "code generation", is a useful technique in generating specialized and optimized code:

SymbolicC can create domain-specific languages in Mathematica and translate them to C. This example defines a simple language that converts Mathematica points and polygons into calls to the OpenGL API:

Neat Examples (1)

Since

understands the C operator precedence rules, it can decrease the number of parentheses in the program: