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Class
Foam::functionEntries::calcEntry
Description
Compiles and executes code string expressions,
returning the result to the dictionary entry.
\c \#calc reads the following code string to generate the library source
code stored in the local \c dynamicCode directory with a subdirectory name
corresponding to the SHA1 of the code. The code is then compiled into a
dynamically loaded library libcodeStream_.so stored in the \c
dynamicCode/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/lib directory using 'wmake libso'. The
resulting library is loaded in executed with arguments
\code
(const dictionary& dict, Ostream& os)
\endcode
where the dictionary is the current dictionary. The code writes results to
the current entry via the \c Ostream \c os.
The verbatim string format \c \#{ ... \c \#} can optionally be used to allow
string/word comparison without the need to escape the quotes and multi-line
input without the need to escape the newlines.
Dictionary entries constructed \c \#calc can conveniently access and
use typed variables. This means calculations involving vectors and tensors
and list etc. are possible. To access a variable and construct it as a
given type within a \c \#calc entry, put the type immediately after the $
symbol inside angled brackets <>. So, $var or ${var}
substitutes a variable named var as a vector.
The variable values are no longer embedded into the code but looked-up at
run-time making the code corresponding to each \c \#calc independent of the
values in the dictionary and of each other. Hence the \c \#calc code does
not need to be recompiled when the values in the dictionary are changed,
only if the code is changed.
Usage
Simple variable multiplication:
\verbatim
a 1.1;
b 3.2;
c #calc "$a*$b";
\endverbatim
Special care is required for calc entries that include a division since
"/" is also used as the scoping operator to identify keywords in
sub-dictionaries. For example, "$a/b" expects a keyword "b" within a
sub-dictionary named "a". A division can be correctly executed by using a
space between a variables and "/", e.g.
\verbatim
c #calc "$a / $b";
\endverbatim
or bracketing the variable, e.g.
\verbatim
c #calc "($a)/$b";
\endverbatim
Example using the string type:
\verbatim
s "field";
fieldName #calc "$s + \"Name\" ";
\endverbatim
Additional include files for the \c \#calc code compilation can be specified
using the \c \#codeInclude entry, e.g. if functions from transform.H are
used:
\verbatim
angleOfAttack 5; // degs
angle #calc "-degToRad($angleOfAttack)";
#codeInclude "transform.H"
liftDir #calc "transform(Ry($angle), vector(0, 0, 1))";
dragDir #calc "transform(Ry($angle), vector(1, 0, 0))";
\endverbatim
Calculate the magnitude of the velocity and turbulent kinetic energy
where the velocity is looked-up from testCalc2:
\verbatim
magU #calc "mag($testCalc2!U)";
k #calc "1.5*magSqr(0.05*${${FOAM_CASE}/testCalc2!U})";
\endverbatim
Example to generate a single block blockMeshDict for use with snappyHexMesh
with no redundant information:
\verbatim
min (-2.5 -1.2 -3.0); // Minimum coordinates of the block
max (2.5 1.2 3.0); // Maximum coordinates of the block
nCellsByL 33.3333; // Number of cells per unit length
// Calculate the number of cells in each block direction
nCells #calc
"Vector