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Module.cwrap()

Module.cwrap() is similar to ccall() in that it calls a compiled C function. However, rather than returning a value, it returns a JavaScript function that can be reused as many times as needed. The function signature for Module.cwrap() is as follows:

cwrap(ident, returnType, argTypes)

Just as with ccall(), you can specify string values that represent types for the returnType and argTypes parameters. You cannot use the "array" type in argTypes because there is no way to know the length of the array when the function is called. For a function that doesn't return a value, use null (with no quotation marks) for the returnType parameter.

The following code, taken from the Emscripten site, demonstrates the use of cwrap() to create ...