IMPORTANT NOTE: When a variable command is encountered in the input script and the variable name has already been specified, the command is ignored. This means variables can NOT be re-defined in an input -script. This is to allow an input script with variable commands to be -processed multiple times without resetting the variables; see the -jump or include commands. It also means -that using a command-line switch -var will override a corresponding -variable setting in the input script. +script. This is to allow an input script to be processed multiple +times without resetting the variables; see the jump or +include commands. It also means that using a +command-line switch -var will override a corresponding variable +setting in the input script.
There is one exception to this rule. As described below, if a variable is iterated on to the end of its list of strings via the @@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ subsequent variable command.
This section explains how occurrences of a -variable name in an input script line are replaced by the variable's -string. The variable name can be referenced as $x if the name "x" is -a single character, or as ${LoopVar} if the name "LoopVar" is one or -more characters. +
This section of the manual explains how +occurrences of a variable name in an input script line are replaced by +the variable's string. The variable name can be referenced as $x if +the name "x" is a single character, or as ${LoopVar} if the name +"LoopVar" is one or more characters.
As described below, for variable styles index, loop, universe, and uloop, the string assigned to a variable can be incremented via diff --git a/doc/variable.txt b/doc/variable.txt index 6c2afb2b14..d8cd925472 100644 --- a/doc/variable.txt +++ b/doc/variable.txt @@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ different times during a simulation. IMPORTANT NOTE: When a variable command is encountered in the input script and the variable name has already been specified, the command is ignored. This means variables can NOT be re-defined in an input -script. This is to allow an input script with variable commands to be -processed multiple times without resetting the variables; see the -"jump"_jump.html or "include"_include.html commands. It also means -that using a command-line switch -var will override a corresponding -variable setting in the input script. +script. This is to allow an input script to be processed multiple +times without resetting the variables; see the "jump"_jump.html or +"include"_include.html commands. It also means that using a +command-line switch -var will override a corresponding variable +setting in the input script. There is one exception to this rule. As described below, if a variable is iterated on to the end of its list of strings via the @@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ subsequent variable command. :line -"This section"_Section_commands.html#3_2 explains how occurrences of a -variable name in an input script line are replaced by the variable's -string. The variable name can be referenced as $x if the name "x" is -a single character, or as $\{LoopVar\} if the name "LoopVar" is one or -more characters. +"This section"_Section_commands.html#3_2 of the manual explains how +occurrences of a variable name in an input script line are replaced by +the variable's string. The variable name can be referenced as $x if +the name "x" is a single character, or as $\{LoopVar\} if the name +"LoopVar" is one or more characters. As described below, for variable styles {index}, {loop}, {universe}, and {uloop}, the string assigned to a variable can be incremented via