/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ ========= | \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox \\ / O peration | Website: https://openfoam.org \\ / A nd | Copyright (C) 2011-2026 OpenFOAM Foundation \\/ M anipulation | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- License This file is part of OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenFOAM. If not, see . 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