Simultaneous use of Cantera in both Matlab and Python

[Elouan MAITRE]

Hello !

I'm currently using Cantera with Matlab in order to estimate combustor performance. However, I need to use the "Quantity" class of Cantera, which is available only with the Python module.

My project is in Matlab and must stay in it for technical reasons. I therefore wanted to run some python commands in my matlab scripts in order to use the Cantera functions I need. However, something critical would be to modify, using python commands, a Matlab "Solution" object. Does anyone know if it is possible to somehow convert a Matlab "Solution" object to a python "Solution" object ?

Trying to apply "Quantity" to a Matlab "Solution" object leads to the following error  :

Error using py.cantera.Quantity
Conversion of MATLAB 'Solution' to Python is not supported.

Thanks in advance ;)

[Ray Speth]

Hi,

No, mixing Cantera objects between the Python interface and the Matlab interface is not possible.

The Python Quantity class is fairly simple in terms of what it does. I think you could probably recreate the necessary behavior natively in Matlab without too much difficulty.

Regards,
Ray

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