Formatted string Input Parameters

Formatted string Input Parameters

The Input Parameter type Formatted string is more complex that the other types and deserve a special section. A simple example is given first after which there is a general description.

Figure 17: Simple use of a Formatted string.

The Formatted string is used to define a submodel text parameter. In this case it is actually the name of a data file.The part of the string specified by ${FluidIndex} is an instruction to AMEPilot to insert into the string the current value of the Input Parameter named FluidIndex. If FluidIndex has the value 8, you will get the string fluid8.data. Since FluidIndex can take any values between 0 and 12 inclusive there are 13 distinct strings that can be defined. See Setting up the export for another simple example.

Now we will give a general description.

The Formatted string is a way for you to make a text parameter evolve according to the value of other parameters. It uses formatted elements which will be replaced at run time. These formatted elements are made of the export name of an integer or real Input Parameter associated with "${}" characters. They look like ${parameter_name}.

At run time, every occurrence of ${parameter_name} will be replaced by the current value of the parameter named parameter_name.