How to programmatically test how many time a Simulink function is called in Simulink function?

In simulink, I'm using test harness to test a matlab funciton block which has matlab function call within the code. However, beside able to see the function call occurance and parameter in sequence viewer, I have not find a way to monitor event through command. The reason for this need is that I want to create a test sequence that verify if at certain moment and function is called correctly.

Answer 1

[Shubham]

Hey Wei,

I understand that you want to track the number of function calls being made to check if the function is being called correctly by creating a test sequence.

To programmatically test how many times a Simulink function is called within a MATLAB function block, you can do the following:

• Modify your MATLAB function to include a persistent counter that increments each time the function is called.

function y = myFunction(u)
    persistent callCount;
    if isempty(callCount)
        callCount = 0;
    end
    callCount = callCount + 1;
    y = u; % Your function logic here
    assignin('base', 'callCount', callCount); % Save the count to the base workspace
end

• The persistent keyword in MATLAB allows the variable callCount to retain its value between function calls.
• Also, the assignin function is used to save the desired value into base workspace.
• Use a MATLAB script to run the simulation and check the value of the counter after the simulation completes. For this purpose, you can use the evalin function:

% Load the model
load_system('your_model');

% Run the simulation
sim('your_model');

% Retrieve the call count from the base workspace
callCount = evalin('base', 'callCount');
disp(['The function was called ', num2str(callCount), ' times.']);

• Once you have the count of function calls made in your base workspace, you can create a test sequence and assert if the call count matches the expected value.

I hope this would help!

[Wei]

Hi Shubham,

Thank you for your quick reply, this is one solution to track all function for how many time they are called. However, the issue with this approach is that I will have to add this count function to every function that I would want to track, which is fine for simulation and testing purpose, but it will have to be removed later when the model need generate code during deployment. I was hoping if there is a way to track function call inside the test sequence block so that I can make use the 'verify' command, which flexibility of know the exact time of function being called, similar to the result of sequence viewer.