WSPutRealNumberAsUCS2String (C Function)

int WSPutRealNumberAsUCS2String(WSLINK l, const unsigned short *s)

sends a floating-point number encoded as UCS2 string s to the WSTP connection specified by l.

Details

  • Send the number s in the form "3.14159".
  • WSPutRealNumberAsUCS2String() returns 0 on error, and a nonzero value if the function succeeds.
  • WSPutRealNumberAsUCS2String() is declared in the WSTP header file wstp.h.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

#include "wstp.h"

/* A function to put the expression Sqrt[2.75] to a link */

void f(WSLINK l)
{
    unsigned short theNumber[5];

    theNumber[0] = '2';
    theNumber[1] = '.';
    theNumber[2] = '7';
    theNumber[3] = '5';
    theNumber[4] = 0;

    if(! WSPutFunction(l, "Sqrt", 1))
    { /* Unable to put Sqrt[] to the link */ }

    if(! WSPutRealNumberAsUCS2String(l, theNumber))
    { /* Unable to put the number to the link */}

    if(! WSEndPacket(l))
    { /* Unable to put the end-of-packet sequence to l */ }

    if(! WSFlush(l))
    { /* Unable to flush any output buffered in l */ }
}