Call MATLAB function octave Mex from Kotlin

Is one of the popular Scientific Programming Language or platform

general MATLAB functions will work in Octave

This Article explains how to trigger Mex script from Kotlin using "mex.h" and "octave.h" C API in Kotlin

Octave 5.1.0 is installed in C:\octave with below structure and files

Note: Octave 6.x.x has C++ class will not support Kotlin, Please use Octave 5.1.0

C:\octave
C:\octave\mingw64
C:\octave\mingw64\liboctinterp-7.dll
C:\octave\mingw64\include\octave-5.1.0\octave
C:\octave\mingw64\lib\octave\5.1.0

To execute the kotlin code and the app

launch the Octave MSYS2 terminal using

C:\octave\msys2_shell.cmd

export the mingw bin path as shown below

export PATH=$PATH:/mingw64/bin

Kotlin Code

package plot

import octave.*
import kotlin.math.*
import kotlinx.cinterop.*
import platform.posix.*

fun main() {

    println("Example app to call octave from kotlin")
    
    octave_main(0,null,1)
    mexPrintf("Hello, World!\n");
    
}

Sample Output

$ ./build/bin/libgnuplot/releaseExecutable/koct.exe
Example app to call octave from kotlin
Hello, World!

GitHub: https://github.com/dickensas/kotlin-gradle-templates/tree/master/embed-octave