[maybee]

hi,

I need to implement specific code for specific timesteps. Therefore I though about doing something like

if (timestep X == true) {...}

OR if

(current_timestep == timestep X) {...}

Does someone know how I can do so?

greetings
maybee

[maybee]

Hi again,

I found

scalar deltaTValue	() const inline
//Return time step value.

and

Foam::label timeIndex	() const
//Return current time index.

and

Foam::dimensionedScalar deltaT	() const
//Return time step.

I guess the first one will give me the whole value of the time step, e.g. 5 Seconds, right?
But what about the second and the third one? Which one will just give me the number of timesteps including the actual running time step?

[mturcios777]

Since this sounds like you are doing it in a solver, runTime.value() is your friend.

[maybee]

Since this sounds like you are doing it in a solver, runTime.value() is your friend.

Thx, for the help. Just to be sure: runTime.value() will return the following values:

first time loop pass: 0
second time loop pass: 1
third time loop pass : 2
and so on

?

[mturcios777]

So you want the condition to run when t = a certain value, or dt = a certain value? I may have misunderstood your initial question.

[maybee]

So you want the condition to run when t = a certain value, or dt = a certain value? I may have misunderstood your initial question.

I want to do something like:

if (time loop pass == 1)
{

}

if (time loop pass == 2)
{

}
.
.
.

Sure, I can do this without using any members of class Time, but I thought if Time provides such a member it would be better to use it.

[chrisb2244]

I think the confusion is about what sort of 'time' you want to measure.

Within a solver, runTime.value() will return the 'real', physical time, in seconds.
If you want to count the number of iterations of your code, a counter might be a better bet?

runTime.value() will return these values if your deltaT is 1 second per iteration.

Originally Posted by maybee

first time loop pass: 0
second time loop pass: 1
third time loop pass : 2
and so on
?

Although actually, the solvers that I've looked at mostly start with a runTime++; , so they'd return 1 as the first time value if dt = 1 and you took it after that line

[maybee]

hi,

thx for the reply. I ve taken an own counter now. This should work fine for me . As I already told - just wanted to check if class Time or any other class already proivdes such a counter.

greetings
maybee