matlab python engine module not recognized

I am having trouble using the matlab python engine. I tried this piece of code from the mathworks website:

import matlab.engine

if __name__ == '__main__':
    
    eng = matlab.engine.start_matlab()
    x = 4.0
    eng.workspace['y'] = x
    a = eng.eval('sqrt(y)')
    print(a)
    pass
    

But pycharm is giving me an error saying "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'matlab.engine'; 'matlab' is not a package". I am using python 3.6 and matlab 2018. I saw that these are the supported versions on website, I saw a similar post about this problem but I can't even run my program from python command line. I also can't find teh matlab.py in my python site-packages, although I have the matlab folder in packages.

Answer 1

[Meet]

Hi Shiping,

To resolve this issue, you need to install the MATLAB Engine API for Python:

First ensure that you have correct version of python installed and accessible using command line.

Then open a command prompt and navigate to the MATLAB engine directory:

cd "matlabroot\extern\engines\python"

Replace 'matlabroot' with your MATLAB installation directory.

Install MATLAB API using 'pip' command:

python -m pip install .

To get the detailed instructions on the same, please follow this documentation link:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/install-the-matlab-engine-for-python.html