fixed empty structure input crash

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_octave.cpp b/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_octave.cpp
index 1ccda51..817c184 100644
--- a/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_octave.cpp
+++ b/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_octave.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ extern "C"
                 scilabVar struct_out;       
 				int dims = 0;      
                                 
-                dims = scilab_getFields(env, in[i], &keys); // Retrieving Struct Keys
+				// call getfields only when struct is not empty else getfields will crash
+				if(scilab_isEmpty(env, in[i]) != 1){
+					dims = scilab_getFields(env, in[i], &keys); // Retrieving Struct Keys
+				}
 				ins[i].n_in_struct_len = dims;
 				//std::cout<<dims<<std::endl;