is it possible to convert C-Code to M-file? plz. help me !

hello? everyone. I have a qustion. please help me

actually, I have a lot of useful C-codes in my computer

I heard that it is possible to convert M-file to C-code by using the some fuction.

then , this is my question that the other way, is it possible to convert C-Code to M-file? i want to see the M-file converted from C-code

if there is no way to convert it , please tell me the best way to see the M-file converted form C-code.

Answer 1

[Jan]

When reading the M-code converted from a C-code is the main point, this has a strong bias: You will not see a 1-by-1 conversion of the C-code in the best case, but the converter itself has to inject some parts and knowledge for the conversion already, such that the created M-code will significantly depend on the used converter.

The same effect happens, when you try to translate a haiku to another language. Either the resulting poem is a perfect translation and looses all its power, or the result is powerful and beautiful, but has no direct relation to the original anymore.

There is a substantial difference between studying algorithms and implementations in different languages.

[Mike Hosea]

+1

It is a lot to ask for an automatic translator to produce MATLAB code of sufficient quality that one will get a sense of how things ought to be done in MATLAB. In fact I do not know of a C to MATLAB translator, but if there is one, I think we can be fairly certain the MATLAB code will end up looking a lot like C code and nothing like how an expert MATLAB programmer would have written it.

Answer 2

[Matt J]

I don't think there is a way to do that, but it's hard to see why someone would want to. You can run C-code from MATLAB by calling it from a MEX file.

[Jin Heng Choi]

first, thanks for your answer a lot. the reaseon why I need it is that I want to study algorisms as comparing with C-code and M-file. But, I think when I use MEX-file, I can't see the M-file. I don't need some result datas , just I want to see the M-files converted from C-code

[Walter Roberson]

mex files have C (or C++ or Fortran) source code that you can read (provided the source was provided; if it was not then you have a problem anyhow.)

[Matt J]

I don't need some result datas , just I want to see the M-files converted from C-code

@Jin,

Others have made similar remarks but in case it isn't clear, the translation from C-code to M-code is not unique. There are M-code re-implementations that would optimize speed and others that would optimize memory usage, and many others in between. Even if there was a tool that could produce one of the many possible translations, you wouldn't be able to draw any general conclusions from it.