coder.rowMajor

Specify row-major array layout for a function or class

Syntax

coder.rowMajor

Description

coder.rowMajor specifies row-major array layout for the data used by the current function in generated code. When placed in a class constructor, coder.rowMajor specifies row-major layout for data used by the class.

Note

By default, code generation uses column-major array layout.

Examples

Specify Row-Major Array Layout for a Function

Specify row-major array layout for a function by inserting coder.rowMajor into the function body.

Suppose that myFunction is the top-level function of your code. Your application requires you to perform matrix addition with row-major array layout and matrix multiplication with column-major layout.

function S = myFunction(A,B)
    %#codegen
    % check to make sure inputs are valid
    if size(A,1) ~= size(B,1) || size(A,2) ~= size(B,2)
        disp('Matrices must be same size.');
        return;
    end

    % make both matrices symmetric
    B = B*B';
    A = A*A';

    % add matrices
    S = addMatrix(A,B);
end

Write a function for matrix addition called addMatrix. Specify row-major layout for addMatrix by using coder.rowMajor.

function S = addMatrix(A,B)
    %#codegen
    S = zeros(size(A));
    coder.rowMajor; % specify row-major array layout
    for i = 1:size(A,1)
       for j = 1:size(A,2)
           S(i,j) = A(i,j) + B(i,j);
       end
    end
end

Generate code for myFunction. Use the codegen command.

codegen myFunction -args {ones(10,20),ones(10,20)} -config:lib -launchreport

The code generator produces code for addMatrix that uses row-major array layout. However, the matrix multiplication from the top-level function uses the default layout, column-major.

Tips

• To specify row-major array layout for all the functions in your generated code, use the codegen -rowmajor option.

• Other functions called from within a row-major function inherit the row-major specification. However, if one of the called functions has its own distinct coder.columnMajor call, the code generator changes the array layout accordingly. If a row-major function and a column-major function call the same function, which does not have its own array layout specification, the code generator produces a row-major version and column-major version of the function.

• coder.rowMajor is ignored outside of code generation and simulation.

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™.

HDL Code Generation
Generate VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog code for FPGA and ASIC designs using HDL Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2018a