Patent ID: 7975233

Claim:
A method for creating a graphical program, the method comprising: utilizing a computer to perform: receiving user input specifying textual program code in a numerical analysis programming language; and automatically creating a graphical program in a graphical programming language in response to receiving the textual program code, wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes, wherein the plurality of interconnected nodes visually indicates functionality of the graphical program, wherein said automatically creating the graphical program comprises generating graphical code, including translating functions in the textual program code along with their associated parameters into corresponding graphical code versions and data types in the graphical programming language, thereby generating the plurality of interconnected nodes; wherein the graphical program in the graphical programming language is compilable to produce executable code, wherein said automatically creating comprises creating the graphical program without user input specifying the nodes or connections between the nodes, wherein the functionality of the graphical program corresponds to the functionality specified in the textual program code.