GfsDefine

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Define is used to define text macros in parameter files, similar to the macros of the C preprocessor (and still more similar to those of m4).

Examples of valid macros are:

Define PI 3.14159265359
Define SQUARE(x) (x*x)
Define REYNOLDS(U,L,nu) (U*L/nu)

Note that Define macros are more general than the C macros which can be defined using GfsGlobal. They apply to the parameter file as a whole rather than just to the GfsFunctions. For example, this parameter file:

...
Define LEVEL 7
...
Refine LEVEL
...
OutputSimulation { start = end } sim-LEVEL.gfs
...

will result in Gerris generating a simulation file called sim-7.gfs.

Note that macro support needs to be turned on explicitly (using the -m or -D options when starting gerris). Note also that the -m or -D options should not be used when restarting a simulation from a (binary) simulation file (e.g. created using GfsOutputSimulation).

Macros may be used but not defined in external files included via GfsInclude.

The builtins from m4 are also available, prefixed with m4_; thus for example to defer deciding till run-time whether a uniform mesh refinement were in order, one could write

Refine m4_ifelse(UNIFORM, 1, 6, (x>0 ? 6 : 5))

and call gerris with either -DUNIFORM=1 or -DUNIFORM=0.

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