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Hi,

just one short question: Is there any such thing as a select, if-elseif or nested if-else control structure in MATC?
The manual says that there is only if-else, without mentioning a nesting possibility.

Thanks,

Matthias

I believe there's only if-else, but you can nest them. I've used the following as an enthalpy definition, it seems to work as expected. (note most of those except tx are MATC variables defined eariler in the sif file, tx is the temperature variable).
Also, in case anyone wonders, as an enthalpy formula this uses a simple linear equation for the final else state, which would be much more efficiently set just using a lookup table.

I'm not sure how line splitting works for MATC within a sif file, that would make it more legible for complex structures. someone else may want to comment on that.

Thank you!

Hi,
I realize I'm resurfacing a pretty old thread, but this has been a huge help for me, so maybe there is still someone around who can answer this!

Within MATC if statements, is there a way to set greater than and less than bounds in the same expression?

Say my tx is a Variable Coordinate from 0 to 10, and I want a value applied from 2 to 8 (and a different value from 0-2 and 8-10).
I've tried: Real MATC "if (2 < tx < 8) 0.01; else 1.0"
And: Real MATC "if ((tx+2) < 8) 0.01; else 1.0"

But nothing seems to work. Is there something I can do with &, or some other creative way to go about it?

Thank you!
Kate

check out MATC general flow control structures

in the MATC manual

http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/physics/elmer/doc/

"Say my tx is a Variable Coordinate from 0 to 10, and I want a value applied from 2 to 8 (and a different value from 0-2 and 8-10).
I've tried: Real MATC "if (2 < tx < 8) 0.01; else 1.0"
And: Real MATC "if ((tx+2) < 8) 0.01; else 1.0"

In general you would have to nest several if statements that overwrite the values

If tx < 2 then tx = .01
if tx >= 2 then tx = 1.0
if tx < 8 then tx = .01
if tx >= 8 then tx = 1.0

basically you over write the variable with each if statement

Kevin

What's the LUA equivalent construct?

Rad, thanks!

The code that works is:

Real MATC "if (tx < 2) 1.0; if (tx > 8) 1.0; else 0.01"