Syntax:
stats_modify keyword value ...
flush value = yes or no
format values = line string, int string, float string, M string, or none
string = C-style format string
M = integer from 1 to N, where N = # of quantities being output
every value = v_name
v_name = an equal-style variable name
Examples:
stats_modify flush yes stats_modify format 3 %15.8g stas_modify format line "%ld %g %g %15.8g"
Description:
Set options for how statistical information is computed and printed by SPARTA.
The flush keyword invokes a flush operation after statistical info is written to the log file. This insures the output in that file is current (no buffering by the OS), even if SPARTA halts before the simulation completes.
The format keyword can be used to change the default numeric format of any of quantities the stats_style command outputs. All the specified format strings are C-style formats, e.g. as used by the C/C++ printf() command. The line keyword takes a single argument which is the format string for the entire line of stats output, with N fields, which you must enclose in quotes if it is more than one field. The int and float keywords take a single format argument and are applied to all integer or floating-point quantities output. The setting for M string also takes a single format argument which is used for the Mth value output in each line, e.g. the 5th column is output in high precision for "format 5 %20.15g".
The format keyword can be used multiple times. The precedence is that for each value in a line of output, the M format (if specified) is used, else the int or float setting (if specified) is used, else the line setting (if specified) for that value is used, else the default setting is used. A setting of none clears all previous settings, reverting all values to their default format.
NOTE: The stats output values step and atoms are stored internally as 8-byte signed integers, rather than the usual 4-byte signed integers. When specifying the format int option you can use a "%d"-style format identifier in the format string and SPARTA will convert this to the corresponding 8-byte form when it is applied to those keywords. However, when specifying the line option or format M string option for step and natoms, you should specify a format string appropriate for an 8-byte signed integer, e.g. one with "%ld".
The every keyword allows a variable to be specified which will determine the timesteps on which statistical output is generated. It must be an equal-style variable, and is specified as v_name, where name is the variable name. The variable is evaluated at the beginning of a run to determine the next timestep at which a dump snapshot will be written out. On that timestep, the variable will be evaluated again to determine the next timestep, etc. Thus the variable should return timestep values. See the stagger() and logfreq() math functions for equal-style variables, as examples of useful functions to use in this context. Other similar math functions could easily be added as options for equal-style variables. In addition, statistical output will always occur on the first and last timestep of each run.
For example, the following commands will output statistical info at timesteps 0,10,20,30,100,200,300,1000,2000,etc:
variable s equal logfreq(10,3,10) stats_modify 1 every v_s
Note that the every keyword overrides the output frequency setting made by the stats command, by setting it to 0. If the stats command is later used to set the output frequency to a non-zero value, then the variable setting of the stats_modify every command will be overridden.
Restrictions: none
Related commands:
Default:
The option defaults are flush = no, format int = "%8d", format float = "%12.8g", and every = non-variable setting provided by the stats command.