The MATLAB® Engine API for Python® provides a package to integrate MATLAB functionality directly with a Python application, creating an interface to call functions from your MATLAB installation from Python code.
- MATLAB release R2024b
- Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, or 3.12
- Supported Python versions by MATLAB release can be found here.
MATLAB Engine API for Python can be installed directly from the Python Package Index.
$ python -m pip install matlabengine==24.2Prior to installation, check the default install location of MATLAB by calling matlabroot in a MATLAB Command Window. By default, Linux installs MATLAB at:
/usr/local/MATLAB/R2024b
When MATLAB is not installed in the default location, the bin/architecture directory within the MATLAB root directory must be added to the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The path can be added to the environment variable within the shell startup configuration file (for example, .bashrc for bash shell or .tcshrc for tcsh).
# in .bashrc
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:<matlabroot>/bin/glnxa64# in .tcshrc
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:<matlabroot>/bin/glnxa64MATLAB Engine API for Python can be installed directly from the Python Package Index.
$ python -m pip install matlabengine==24.2Prior to installation, check the default install location of MATLAB by calling matlabroot in a MATLAB Command Window. By default, macOS installs MATLAB at:
/Applications/MATLAB_R2024b.app
When MATLAB is not installed in the default location, the bin/architecture directory within the MATLAB root directory must be added to the environment variable DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. The path can be added to the environment variable within the shell startup configuration file (for example, .bashrc for bash shell or .tcshrc for tcsh).
# in .bashrc
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:<matlabroot>/bin/maci64# in .tcshrc
setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}:<matlabroot>/bin/maci64MATLAB Engine API for Python can be installed directly from the Python Package Index.
$ python -m pip install matlabengine==24.2- Start Python.
- Import the
matlab.enginepackage into the Python session. - Start a new MATLAB process by calling
start_matlab. Thestart_matlabfunction returns a Python object which enables you to pass data and call functions executed by MATLAB.
>>> import matlab.engine
>>> eng = matlab.engine.start_matlab()
>>> eng.sqrt(4.0)
2.0- Call either the
exitorquitfunction to stop the engine. Exiting Python with an engine running stops the engine and its MATLAB processes.
>>> eng.quit()See Start and Stop MATLAB Engine for Python for advanced startup examples.
You can call any MATLAB function directly and return the results to Python.
>>> eng.plus(2, 3)
5
>>> eng.isprime(37)
True
>>> eng.gcd(100.0, 80.0, nargout=3)
(20.0, 1.0, -1.0)See Call MATLAB Functions from Python for more usage examples.
Limitations of the MATLAB Engine API for Python can be found here.
See Troubleshoot MATLAB Errors in Python for troubleshooting assistance.
The license is available in the LICENSE.txt file within this repository.
Technical issues or enhancement requests can be submitted here.
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