Cards

The card object stores the data from a single line of values in a keyword. This is the fundamental unit from which any parametric edits are performed.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
self.string	String	Ascii contents of the keyword
self.format	String	Keyword file type, "short" (comma separated), "fixed" (standard PrePost format), or "Long" (double length PrePost format)
self.range	list[int]	Start and end character index of the keyword
self.comment	Boolean	Denotes whether the card string contains a comment line with the property names.
self.length	int	Number of values set by the card.
self.values	list[int, float]	List of all values in the card.

Methods

init

Initialize a new Card object

class Card:
    def __init__(self, input_string: str, input_range: list[int], format: str):

#initialize from KeywordFile
f=KeywordFile("/path/to.k","fixed")
elastic_mat_mods=f.get_keywords("MAT_ELASTIC")
card_one=elastic_mat_mods.get_card(0)

#initialize independently
k=Card("card string here",[0,100],"fixed")

inputs

Attribute	Type	Description
input_string	String	Ascii contents of the keyword
format	String	Keyword file type, "short" (comma separated), "fixed" (standard PrePost format), or "Long" (double length PrePost format)
input_range	list[int]	Start and end character index of the keyword

returns

Keyword object

info

prints debugging information about the card

def info(self)

f=KeywordFile("/path/to.k","fixed")
elastic_mat_mods=f.get_keywords("MAT_ELASTIC")
card_one=elastic_mat_mods.get_card(0)
card_one.info()

>>Card Format: fixed
>>Card comment included: False
>>Card Range: [16,116]
>>Card Length: 8
>>Card Values: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
>>Card String: "0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0"

inputs

None.

returns

Prints the card format, comment status, range, length, values, and string.

edit

Change a value in the card

def edit(self, edit_index, edit_value):

f=KeywordFile("/path/to.k","fixed")
elastic_mat_mods=f.get_keywords("MAT_ELASTIC")
card_one=elastic_mat_mods.get_card(0)

card_one.edit(0,1)

inputs

Attribute	Type	Description
edit_index	int	Index of the card value to change
edit_value	int or float	New value to insert

returns

Updates card object and corresponding string.