snap.write.block.2: Function to add blocks to an existing Gadget snapshot format...

In asgr/snapshot: Gadget N-body cosmological simulation code snapshot format 1 and 2 I/O utilities

Description

Function to add blocks to an existing format 2 snapshot file. First it checks the data input and uses snap.select.type.2 to define block properties. Then it writes the LABEL block and the DATA block.

Usage

snap.write.block.2(file, label, inp, ndim, type)

Arguments

file	Name of the file to be opened to append the blocks.
label	LABEL of the block to be added.
inp	Input array of data. In general a data frame if dim of 3, then x,y,z are expected in the data frame.
ndim	OPTIONAL: dimensions of the input array usually 3 or 1 dimentions.
type	OPTIONAL/DEPRECATED.

Value

No value returned. Called for the side-effect of writing out a binary Gadget format-2 snapshot file.

Note

Note that you need already a file with a header. You can generate it with snap.write.head.2.

Author(s)

Federico Stasyszyn

See Also

snap.read.2, snap.add.head.1, snap.write.head.2, snap.gen.param

Examples

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asgr/snapshot documentation built on Oct. 8, 2020, 2:52 p.m.