How to Create multiple fields based on number of load case.

Question

I am trying to create multiple fields based on load case count using PCL. My requirement is every time the field name should be changed. I used concatenate option. But it doesn't work. Any other way it can be done ?

Please find my code below .

#########################

######### Create fields

#########################

Function field_create()

## Variable declarations

STRING s_name[31]

STRING s_group[32]

STRING s_type[32]

INTEGER i_extrap_method

STRING s_coord[32]

INTEGER i_result_flag

INTEGER i_return_value

INTEGER j

INTEGER lc_count

​

# Count all the load cases

db_count_load_cases(lc_count)

db_get_all_load_cases()

# Create FEM field

FOR (j=1 TO lc_count)

s_name = "field"//(j)

s_group = "GFEM_Elms"

s_type = "Scalar"

i_extrap_method = 1

s_coord = "Coord 0"

i_result_flag = 0

i_return_value = fields_create_fem ( s_name, s_group, s_type, i_extrap_method, @

s_coord, i_result_flag )

END FOR

END FUNCTION

Darrel Sinclair · Accepted Answer

It doesn't work because the variable j is not a string, so you can't simply concatenate it on to your s_name string - you need to convert it to a string first, using str_from_integer. So the line where you create the name should read:

s_name = "field" // str_from_integer(j)