ssGetDataTypeId (Writing S-Functions)

Get the ID of a data type

Syntax

DTypeID ssGetDataTypeId(SimStruct *S, char *name)

Arguments

S
SimStruct representing an S-Function block.

name
Name of a data type.

Description

Returns the ID of the data type specified by name if name is a registered type name. Otherwise, this macro returns INVALID_DTYPE_IDL and reports an error. Because this macro reports any error that occurs, you do not need to use ssSetErrorStatus to report the error.

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Example

The following example gets the ID of the data type named Color.

int_T id = ssGetDataTypeId (S, "Color");
if(id == INVALID_DTYPE_ID) return;

See Also
ssRegisterDataType

ssGetContStates ssGetDataTypeName