*scalefieldwidth()

Scales the width of a field.

Syntax

*scalefieldwidth (field type, scalefactor)

Type

HyperMesh Template Command

Inputs

field type: Specifies which field type to scale. Valid values are "integer", "real", and "string".
scalefactor: The scale factor to apply to each field of field type. Typically, this value is 1 or 2.

Example

To print the node IDs and globalx values with a width of 16 instead of 8:

*nodes()
  *before()
    *variableset(variable1,2)
      *scalefieldwidth(real,variable1)
      *scalefieldwidth(integer,variable1)

  *format()
    *string("*")
    *field(integer,id,8)
    *string("*")
    *end()

    *string("*")
    *fieldleft(real,globalx,8)
    *string("*")
    *end()

*output()

This command is typically used to write a deck that contains double precision numbers which have twice the field width specified by the *field command.