Dynamic character substitution.

[John Bausano]

Hello all,

I've been using Ansys which is a commercial FEA package which can be
controlled through its own scripting language they call APDL. Now I'm
trying to write some stand alone code in Python to supplement my current
efforts.

In Ansys I can do something like this.

*do,n,1,3 #loop
through n

*dim,data%n%,1000,2 #creates variables
arrays data1(1000,2), data2(1000,2)..

*vread,data%n%,filename%n% #fills arrays with data
from filename1,.

Thanks

john

[Tim Roberts]

"John Bausano" <jb******@vt.edu> wrote:

Hello all,

I've been using Ansys which is a commercial FEA package which can be
controlled through its own scripting language they call APDL. Now I'm
trying to write some stand alone code in Python to supplement my current
efforts.

In Ansys I can do something like this.

*do,n,1,3 #loop through n

*dim,data%n%,1000,2 #creates variables
arrays data1(1000,2), data2(1000,2)..

*vread,data%n%,filename%n% #fills arrays with data
from filename1,.

Generally, you need to think about your problem in a slightly different
way. Instead of thinking about creating variables called data1 and data2,
think about creating a dictionary called "data" which contains three
elements. For example:

data = {}
for n in range(3):
data[n] = read_from( 'filename%d' % n )

It IS possible to create variables on the fly, but except in very special
situations, it is almost never the right way to do things.
--
- Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[Steve Jorgensen]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:09:51 -0400, "John Bausano" <jb******@vt.edu> wrote:

Hello all,

....
Funny enough, some people have wanted to substitute a more dynamic character
for me on occasion <g>.

[William Park]

John Bausano <jb******@vt.edu> wrote:

Hello all,

I've been using Ansys which is a commercial FEA package which can be
controlled through its own scripting language they call APDL. Now I'm
trying to write some stand alone code in Python to supplement my current
efforts.

In Ansys I can do something like this.

*do,n,1,3 #loop
through n

*dim,data%n%,1000,2 #creates variables
arrays data1(1000,2), data2(1000,2)..

*vread,data%n%,filename%n% #fills arrays with data
from filename1,.

I await English translation of the above.

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