libpointer datatype

C/Nelson equivalent data types

Description

This table shows these Nelson types with their equivalent C types.

Nelson type	C type
logical (scalar)	uint8_t
uint8 (scalar)	uint8_t
int8 (scalar)	int8_t
uint16 (scalar)	uint16_t
int16 (scalar)	int16_t
uint32 (scalar)	uint32_t
int32 (scalar)	uint32_t
uint64 (scalar)	uint64_t
int64 (scalar)	int64_t
float, single (scalar)	float
double (scalar)	double
cstring (string utf-8)	char *
wstring (string unicode)	wchar_t *
void	void
logicalPtr (logical vector or matrix)	uint8_t *
uint8Ptr (uint8 vector or matrix)	uint8_t *
int8Ptr (int8 vector or matrix)	int8_t *
uint16Ptr (uint16 vector or matrix)	uint16_t *
int16Ptr (int16 vector or matrix)	int16_t *
uint32Ptr (uint32 vector or matrix)	uint32_t *
int32Ptr (int32 vector or matrix)	int32_t *
int64Ptr (uint64 vector or matrix)	int64_t *
uint64Ptr (uint64 vector or matrix)	uint64_t *
floatPtr, singlePtr (single vector or matrix)	float *
doublePtr (double vector or matrix)	double *
voidPtr	void *
libpointer	void *, uint8_t *, int8_t *, int16_t *, uint16_t *, ...

See also

libpointer, dlsym.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET