[gruber]

Hello,

I'm trying to read in a vector, eg. the gravity, from a dictionary and to initialize it as constant of a class, eg. A. With bool variables it is possible to programm the constructor like this:

A::A()
:
dict_(IOobject(
"dict",
U.time().constant(),
U.db(),
IOobject::MUST_READ,
IOobject::NO_WRITE)),
a_(readBool(dict_.lookup("a")))
{}

Does there exist a readVector command similar to the readBool like:
b_(readVector(dict_.lookup("b")))
or how could this be done?

Thanks,
Michael

[ngj]

Hi Michael

It depends on what format the vector is given in the dictionary. If it is merely a vector, you can read it as

vector(dict.lookup("a"))

however if it is a dimensioned vector in the dict, then you should type

dimensionedVector(dict.lookup("a"))

Hope it helps,

Niels

[s_braendli]

Hi Michael

I use something like this:

environmentalProperties_
(
IOobject
(
"environmentalProperties",
runTime_.constant(),
mesh_,
IOobject::MUST_READ,
IOobject::NO_WRITE
)
),
g_(environmentalProperties_.lookup("g")),

with g_ being:
dimensionedVector g_;

Hope this helps

Silvan

[gruber]

Thank you for your replies. They helped me quite a lot.

[louvel]

I'm trying to read in a vector, eg. the point of the rotating center, from a dictionary and to initialize it as constant of a application, eg. A.I have susscceful to define a scaler

scalar omega=0;
omega=readScalar(myDict.lookup("omega");

And now i want to do the same thing for a vector, but when i use readVector instead of readScaler, the error is that: the readVector is not declared, so i do not know how to declare it ?

And I know there is also a dimensionedVecotr , so I try
const vector r (0,0,0)
dimensionedVector(myDict.looup("r");

in the case ,i can compile it but in the result ,the real value of r in myDIct is not read, it just use the (0,0,0) .so could you tell me the reasons or give me some suggestion.

Thank you so much

Best regards

Lu

[babakflame]

It might be a litlle late and the topic is very easy. However, still some people might find it helpful.

It should be declared as:

        vector ExtElec = elPropDict.lookup("ExtElec");