Call Perl script using appropriate operating system executable
perl('perlfile')
perl('perlfile',arg1,arg2,...)
result = perl(...)
[result, status] = perl(...)
perl('perlfile') calls the
Perl script perlfile, using the appropriate operating
system Perl executable. Perl is included with MATLAB® on Microsoft® Windows® systems,
so you can run MATLAB functions containing the perl function.
On Linux® and Macintosh systems, MATLAB calls the Perl
interpreter available with the operating system.
perl('perlfile',arg1,arg2,...) calls
the Perl script perlfile, using the appropriate
operating system Perl executable, and passes the arguments arg1, arg2,
and so on, to perlfile.
result = perl(...) returns
the results of attempted Perl call to result.
[result, status] = perl(...) returns
the results of attempted Perl call to result and
its exit status to status.
It is sometimes beneficial to use Perl scripts instead of MATLAB code. For example:
Perl script exists
Perl script preprocesses data quickly, formatting it in a way more easily read by MATLAB
Perl has features not supported by MATLAB
Given the Perl script, hello.pl:
$input = $ARGV[0]; print "Hello $input.";
At the MATLAB command line, type:
perl('hello.pl','World')
ans = Hello World.
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