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The following table shows LabVIEW data types and the corresponding data types in the MATLAB® software, Xmath software, and LabVIEW MathScript. You can change the data type of an input or output terminal on a script node.

LabVIEW Data Type	MATLAB Language Syntax	Xmath Syntax	MathScript Syntax
Double-precision, floating-point numeric	Real	Real Scalar	Scalar»DBL
Complex double-precision, floating-point numeric	Complex	Complex Scalar	Scalar»CDB
1D array of double-precision, floating-point numeric	1-D Array of Real	Real Vector	1D-Array»DBL 1D
1D array of complex double-precision, floating-point numeric	1-D Array of Complex	Complex Vector	1D-Array»CDB 1D
Multidimensional array of double-precision, floating-point numeric	2-D Array of Real	2-D Array of Real	Matrix»Real Matrix (2D only)
Multidimensional array of complex double-precision, floating-point numeric	2-D Array of Complex	2-D Array of Complex	Matrix»Complex Matrix (2D only)
String	String	String	Scalar»String
Path	Path	N/A	N/A
1D array of string	N/A	String Array	1D-Array»String 1D

Note  You also can use the state-space, transfer function, and zero-pole-gain models of the LabVIEW Control Design Toolkit with the MathScript Node and the Xmath script node. The Xmath software supports only the SISO versions of the transfer function model and the zero-pole-gain model, but LabVIEW MathScript supports all versions of the models. You must have the LabVIEW Control Design Toolkit installed to use these models. Refer to the LabVIEW Control Design Toolkit documentation for more information about these models.

The MathScript Node and the MATLAB script node handle 1D array inputs only by row, and the Xmath script node handles 1D array inputs only by column. To change the orientation of a 1D array from row to column or column to row, transpose the array before you perform operations on elements of the array.

Use the Conversion VIs and functions or the String/Array/Path Conversion functions to convert a LabVIEW data type to a data type that MathScript, the MATLAB software, or the Xmath software supports.