Attempt to extract field 'addgivenNumbers' from 'mxArray'.

Hi, I am facing an error when i am trying to call python function in simulink.

how to fix this error? and thank you

heres the python code saved as 'add.py' :

def addgivenNumbers( num1, num2):
    sum = num1 + num2 + 20
    return sum

Simulink Matlab function code:

function a = fcn(num1, num2)
a = 0;
coder.extrinsic('py.importlib.import_module');
coder.extrinsic('py.importlib.reload');
mod = py.importlib.import_module('add'); 
a = mod.addgivenNumbers(num1, num2);

end

Answer 1

[Shivang]

Hi Rifshu,

I understand you’re running into an error while calling a user-defined Python function from inside a MATLAB Function block.

In your code, the variable 'mod', which stores the value returned by the Python function 'import_module', is an mxArray. Attempting to call a function in the module using the dot operator generates an error, as this operation is not supported with mxArrays.

This can be avoided by directly calling the 'addgivenNumbers' function, after declaring it as extrinsic:

coder.extrinsic('py.add.addgivenNumbers');
a = py.add.addgivenNumbers(num1,num2);  

You should not encounter any errors now.

Refer to the documentation for more details: https://www.mathworks.com/help/simulink/ug/python_simulink_example.html

Hope this helps!

-Shivang