Inport vs Simin and Outport vs Simout

What's the difference between Inport and simin, both are used to take data from matlab workspace? And the difference between outport and simout? Aren't they doing the same thing

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

What are simin and inport?

Answer 1

[Joakim Magnusson]

Simin reads data from matlab workspace and puts it out as a signal. Simout writes the signal to matlab workspace.

Inport and outport i think is used for example when having subsystems, inport and outport then is the link between the systems.

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

Simout is neither a Matlab function nor a simulink block

help simout %doesn't exist

The block which export data from simulink to workspace is named : "to workspace"

[Joakim Magnusson]

That's right, forgot to mention that.

[Gautam]

Inport can also read data from matlab workspace. So, what's the difference between inport and "from workspace"

[Andreas Goser]

Why do you suspect a difference. Maybe (I would guess) it is the same.