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Simulink.SimulationData.State

Container for state logging information

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Description

The software uses Simulink.SimulationData.State objects to store state logging information during simulation. Simulink.SimulationData.State objects contain information about the source block the state data is coming from and the type of state.

Creation

Simulating a model that logs state data creates one or more Simulink.SimulationData.State objects.

Syntax

st = Simulink.SimulationData.State

Description

st = Simulink.SimulationData.State creates an empty Simulink.SimulationData.State object.

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Properties

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Name of State object to use for name-based access, specified as a string or character vector.

When you create an empty State object and do not specify a name, no name is assigned.

When a State object is created during simulation, the Name property of the State object is specified by the State name parameter of the block from which state information is logged. Some blocks in the Discrete library, such as the Unit Delay block, automatically name the State object DSTATE when the State name parameter of the block is empty.

Block path of source block for State object, specified as a Simulink.SimulationData.BlockPath object.

This property is read-only.

Type of state, returned as one of these values:

  • 'CSTATE' – Continuous state

  • 'DSTATE' – Discrete state

Logged time and data, specified as one of these values:

  • A MATLAB® timeseries object

  • A MATLAB timetable object

  • A structure of MATLAB timeseries objects (for bus signals)

  • A structure of MATLAB timetable objects (for bus signals)

  • An array of structures of MATLAB timeseries objects (for array of buses signals)

  • An array of structures of MATLAB timetable objects (for array of buses signals)

  • An array of MATLAB timeseries objects (for nonbus signals in a For Each subsystem)

  • A cell array of MATLAB timetable objects (for nonbus signals in a For Each subsystem)

Object Functions

plotPlot data in Simulation Data Inspector

Examples

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Open Live Script

You can save final state information using the Dataset format and access the state data after simulation.

Load the model vdp and configure the model to log final states using the Dataset format. This example uses the default final states variable name xFinal. 

mdl = "vdp";
load_system(mdl);
set_param(mdl,"SaveFinalState","on","SaveFormat","Dataset");

Simulate the model. By default, all logged data is returned in the single variable out as a Simulink.SimulationOutput object. Final state information is stored in the SimulationOutput object as a Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset object named xFinal.

out = sim(mdl)
out = 
  Simulink.SimulationOutput:
                   tout: [64x1 double] 
                 xFinal: [1x1 Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset] 
                   yout: [1x1 Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset] 

     SimulationMetadata: [1x1 Simulink.SimulationMetadata] 
           ErrorMessage: [0x0 char]

Get the xFinal Dataset object from the SimulationOutput object. The xFinal Dataset object contains data for two states.

xFinal = out.xFinal
xFinal = 
Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset 'xFinal' with 2 elements

                        Name  BlockPath 
                        ____  _________ 
    1  [1x1 State]      ''    vdp/x1   
    2  [1x1 State]      ''    vdp/x2   

  - Use braces { } to access, modify, or add elements using index.

Examine the State object that corresponds to the x1 signal.

state_x1 = xFinal{1}
state_x1 = 
  Simulink.SimulationData.State
  Package: Simulink.SimulationData

  Properties:
         Name: ''
    BlockPath: [1x1 Simulink.SimulationData.BlockPath]
        Label: CSTATE
       Values: [1x1 timeseries]

Version History

Introduced in R2015a

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