coder.mustBeComplex

Validate that value lies on the complex plane

Since R2023b

Syntax

coder.mustBeComplex(value)

Description

coder.mustBeComplex(value) validates that the function input value can have a nonzero imaginary part. In MATLAB^® execution, this function does not throw any assertion because any numeric input can have a nonzero imaginary part. In code generation, this validator specifies at compile time that value has a complex type.

Examples

Specify That Input to Entry-Point Function has Complex Type

This example shows how to specify that an entry-point input has complex type for code generation using the coder.mustBeComplex validator.

Define entry-point function multiplyByThree that accepts a complex single-precision scalar input.

function out = multiplyByThree(in)
arguments
    in (1,1) single {coder.mustBeComplex}
end
out = in*3;
end

Generate a static library for multiplyByThree using the codegen command. Because the arguments block fully specifies the type, size, and complexity of the input argument in, you do not need to use the -args option.

codegen -config:lib -c multiplyByThree -report

Code generation successful: View report

Open the code generation report. Observe that the input argument in has a complex type.

Validate That Input to Non-Entry-Point Function has Complex Type

This example shows how to validate that an input to a non-entry-point function has a complex type.

Define the entry-point function testComplex that calls the local function local. The function local accepts one input that is declared to be complex using the coder.mustBeComplex validator.

function y = testComplex(x)
y = local(x);
end

function v = local(u)
arguments
    u {coder.mustBeComplex}
end
v = u + sqrt(u);
end

Attempt to generate code for the testComplex function. Specify the input to be a scalar double using the -args option. Code generation fails because the code generator treats the input to testComplex as real by default. You pass this real type directly to local, thereby triggering an error from the coder.mustBeComplex validator.

codegen testComplex -args 0

Value must be complex.

Error in ==> testComplex Line: 7 Column: 8
Code generation failed: View Error Report

To fix this issue, convert the input x to testComplex to a complex type before passing it to local using the complex function.

function y = testComplex(x)
y = local(complex(x));
end

function v = local(u)
arguments
    u {coder.mustBeComplex}
end
v = u + sqrt(u);
end

Run the same codegen command again.

codegen testComplex -args 0

Code generation successful.

Input Arguments

value — Value to validate

scalar | array

Value to validate, specified as a numeric scalar or array.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using MATLAB® Coder™.

GPU Code Generation
Generate CUDA® code for NVIDIA® GPUs using GPU Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2023b