MLPutUTF8Symbol (C Function)

MLPutUTF8Symbol has been replaced by WSPutUTF8Symbol.

int MLPutUTF8Symbol(MLINK link,const unsigned char *s,int len)

puts a symbol whose name is given by UTF-8 encoded string s with length len to the MathLink connection specified by link.

Details

  • The symbol must be encoded in the UTF-8 character encoding form.
  • MLPutUTF8Symbol() returns 0 in the event of an error, and a nonzero value if the function succeeds.
  • Use MLError() to retrieve the error code if MLPutUTF8Symbol() fails.
  • MLPutUTF8Symbol() is declared in the MathLink header file mathlink.h.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

#include "mathlink.h"

/* send the symbol $HomeDirectory to a link */

void f(MLINK lp)
{
    unsigned char symb[14];

    symb[0]  = '$';
    symb[1]  = 'H';
    symb[2]  = 'o';
    symb[3]  = 'm';
    symb[4]  = 'e';
    symb[5]  = 'D';
    symb[6]  = 'i';
    symb[7]  = 'r';
    symb[8]  = 'e';
    symb[9]  = 'c';
    symb[10] = 't';
    symb[11] = 'o';
    symb[12] = 'r';
    symb[13] = 'y';

    if(! MLPutUT8Symbol(lp, (const unsigned char *)symb, 14))
        { /* unable to put the symbol to lp */ }
}