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Adams/Solver
Conventions, Requirements and Types
Subroutine Conventions
Throughout the help, the following type styles are used as visual cues:
This type of style: Indicates:
CONSUB The subroutines that Adams recognizes.
x The argument in Adams subroutines.
i The type of value or types of parameters that are to follow the
statement, command, or argument. A summary of these terms include:
System Requirements
i
r
c
e
v
id
x,y,z
a,b,c
Integer
Real
Character string (alphanumeric)
Function expression
Varying type (integer, real or
alphanumeric)
Identifier
Cartesian coordinate (real)
Angular coordinate (real)
PART The underscored letters indicated the minimum allowable
abbreviations of statements, commands, and arguments.
{ } That you are to make a selection from a series of items.
[ ] That you can optionally select an item.
[[ ]] That you can select any combination of the items.
A A two-dimensional matrix.
a A one-dimensional matrix.
R
xˆ
A vector.
Unit vectors.
To use subroutines, you need the system requirements outlined in the following sections.