select_byname_begin

variables.select_byname_begin(*args, **kwargs) → Any

Selects variables for future use.

Args:

p0:

‘varname’ valid name of a variable

Examples:

# WARNING: following line includes OBSOLETE call (ensight.variables.select_varname_begin).
ensight.variables.select_varname_begin("Area ","Area2 ","variables: select_varname_end ","# ","# Saving the areas to a file ","# ","variables: save_constants /usr/tmp/my_constants","# ","# Activating all variables ","# ","variables: activate_all ","# ","# Computing area of one part ","# ","part: select_begin ","1 ")
ensight.variables.evaluate("Area = Area(plist)")
# 
# Computing area of another part 
# 
ensight.part.select_begin(2)
ensight.variables.evaluate("Area2 = Area(plist)")
# 
# Selecting the computed area constant to write them out 
# 

Returns:

zero on success, non-zero on error