external function

my external function is in the form of

function [a, b] = myfun(c)

May I set a and b as output from myfun in fea.expr?

fea.expr = { 'a,b', 'myfun(c)'};

By this way both a and b values can be obtained by just running myfun once.

Thank you

James wrote

my external function is in the form of

function [a, b] = myfun(c)

May I set a and b as output from myfun in fea.expr?

fea.expr = { 'a,b', 'myfun(c)'};

By this way both a and b values can be obtained by just running myfun once.

No, basically the output must be a *single* array of the same size as the input. For example if you have 'x' as a coefficient but switch to 'myfun(x)', the output must have the same size as input x (all inputs will be arrays of the same size or scalars).

See the example here: https://www.featool.com/doc/physics.html#phys_coef_user

You can however cache results in your custom function for example using the Matlab "persistent" variable syntax:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/persistent.html

Thank you for your quick response.

Do you mean in Featool, I have to call external function as

fea.expr = { 'a', 'myfun(c)'; 'b', 'myfun(c)'}

to get a and b? 

The limitation of this call is that, if it takes long time to run myfun, I still need to run myfun two times to obtain a and b.

Do you have any better solutions?

Thanks.

James wrote

my external function is in the form of

function [a, b] = myfun(c)

May I set a and b as output from myfun in fea.expr?

fea.expr = { 'a,b', 'myfun(c)'};

By this way both a and b values can be obtained by just running myfun once.

No, basically the output must be a *single* array of the same size as the input. For example if you have 'x' as a coefficient but switch to 'myfun(x)', the output must have the same size as input x (all inputs will be arrays of the same size or scalars).

See the example here: https://www.featool.com/doc/physics.html#phys_coef_user

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James wrote

The limitation of this call is that, if it takes long time to run myfun,
I still need to run myfun two times to obtain a and b.

Yes, you have to run it multiple times for multiple outputs as you only have a *single* output is allowed for coeffcients.

You can however pre-compute/cache results in your custom function for example using the Matlab "persistent" variable syntax.