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[Christof Metzger-Kraus <christof.j.kraus AT gmail.com>]

Hi Simon,

it seems that this isn't supported (yet). The variable names apert1 and apert2 are evaluated as strings instead of taking their values. 

Have to look into the code to check if we could change that behavior. 

Christof 

Simon Friederich <s.friederich AT uni-mainz.de> schrieb am Mi., 1. Apr. 2020, 13:26:

Dear all,

As we have changing apertures throughout our beamline I'd really like to use string variables but I don't get the correct syntax. I want something like:

STRING apert1 = "circle(0.015)"
STRING apert2 = "circle(0.030)"

drift1: DRIFT, ELEMEDGE=0.5, APERTURE=apert1, L=0.5;
drift2: DRIFT, ELEMEDGE=1, APERTURE=apert2, L=0.5;

But the error appears
Error> *** User error detected by function "OpalElement::getApert()"
Error>     Unknown aperture type 'APERT1'.
Error>     Unknown aperture type 'APERT1'.

Do I miss something?

Best regards
Simon

P.S.: I know this workaround does it
REAL napert1 = 0.015;
REAL napert2 = 0.030;

drift1: DRIFT, ELEMEDGE=0.5, APERTURE="circle(" & STRING(napert1) & ")", L=0.5;
drift1: DRIFT, ELEMEDGE=1, APERTURE="circle(" & STRING(napert2) & ")", L=0.5;

But maybe there is a better way to do it.

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