Editing MATLAB (section)

== MATLAB and other languages ==
MATLAB can call functions and subroutines written in the programming languages [[C (programming language)|C]] or [[Fortran]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Application Programming Interfaces to MATLAB|url=http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/programming-interfaces-for-c-c-fortran-com.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=August 14, 2013|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915020649/http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/programming-interfaces-for-c-c-fortran-com.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A wrapper function is created allowing MATLAB data types to be passed and returned. [[MEX file]]s (MATLAB executables) are the dynamically loadable object files created by compiling such functions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Create MEX-Files|url=http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/create-mex-files.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=August 14, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303193228/http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/create-mex-files.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Connecting C and Matlab | last=Spielman | first=Dan | publisher=Yale University, Computer Science Department | date=February 10, 2004 | url=http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/spielman/ECC/cMatlab.html | access-date=May 20, 2008}}</ref> Since 2014 increasing two-way interfacing with [[Python (programming language)|Python]] was being added.<ref>{{cite web|title=MATLAB Engine for Python|url=http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Call Python Libraries|url=http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/call-python-libraries.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref>

Libraries written in [[Perl]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[ActiveX]] or [[.NET Framework|.NET]] can be directly called from MATLAB,<ref>{{cite web|title=External Programming Language Interfaces|url=http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/external-interfaces.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=August 14, 2013|archive-date=March 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311003229/http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/external-interfaces.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Call Perl script using appropriate operating system executable|url=http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/perl.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=November 7, 2013}}</ref> and many MATLAB libraries (for example [[XML]] or [[SQL]] support) are implemented as wrappers around Java or ActiveX libraries. Calling MATLAB from Java is more complicated, but can be done with a MATLAB toolbox<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathworks.com/products/javabuilder/ |title=MATLAB Builder JA |publisher=MathWorks |access-date=June 7, 2010}}</ref> which is sold separately by [[MathWorks]], or using an undocumented mechanism called JMI (Java-to-MATLAB  Interface),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/jmi-java-to-matlab-interface/ |first=Yair |last=Altman |title=Java-to-Matlab Interface |publisher=Undocumented Matlab |date=April 14, 2010 |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905153327/http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/jmi-java-to-matlab-interface |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=matlabcontrol JMI|url=https://code.google.com/p/matlabcontrol/wiki/JMI|first=Joshua |last=Kaplan}}</ref> (which should not be confused with the unrelated [[Java Metadata Interface]] that is also called JMI). Official MATLAB API for Java was added in 2016.<ref name="MATLAB Engine API for Java">{{cite web|title=MATLAB Engine API for Java|url=http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-api-for-java.html|publisher=MathWorks|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>

As alternatives to the [[MuPAD]] based Symbolic Math Toolbox available from MathWorks, MATLAB can be connected to [[Maple (software)|Maple]] or [[Mathematica]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MaMa: Calling MATLAB from Mathematica with MathLink|url=http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/618/|publisher=Wolfram Library Archive|first=Roger |last=Germundsson |work=[[Wolfram Research]] |date=September 30, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MATLink: Communicate with MATLAB from Mathematica|url=http://matlink.org/|access-date=August 14, 2013|author1=rsmenon |author2=szhorvat|year=2013}}</ref>

Libraries also exist to import and export [[MathML]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Weitzel |url=http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/7709-mathml-importexport |title=MathML import/export |publisher=MathWorks - File Exchange |date=September 1, 2006 |access-date=August 14, 2013 |archive-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225010921/http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/7709-mathml-importexport |url-status=dead }}</ref>