[Equest-users] DOE 2 Expressions

[Saif A via Equest-users]

Thank you very much guys,

I have found  the resources you recommended on the web. I went through them
quickly and they look very helpful. Also your instructions about the
keywords are great, now I know where to start.

Really appreciate it.

Saif,

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Joe Huang via Equest-users <
equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> My intention was not to recommend using macros instead of expressions in
> eQUEST/DOE-2.2, but suggesting that if macros and expressions share the
> same syntax, then the DOE-2.1E manual would be a good place for
> documentation of the (common) syntax.
>
> I've used DOE-2 macros extensively ever since they were developed in the
> early 1980's, and in fact I can't imagine how to manage parametric
> simulations without them. One thing I've noticed repeatedly has been that
> people who are unfamiliar with macros, especially those unfamiliar with
> DOE-2, tend to underestimate what macros can do.  For example, I remember a
> meeting at DOE in the early 2000's where someone from another National Lab
> dismissed macros as simply doing "sequential substitution".  However,
> macros (and presumably expressions as well) can import data from external
> files, do arithmetic operations including trigonometry and exponentials, as
> well as Boolean operations.
>
> In fact, I got so worked up talking about this (kudos to Monty Python's
> killer rabbit scene in "Search for the Holy Grail"
> https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&
> espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=monty%20pythom%20holy%20grail%20rabbit%20scene :-) )
> that I decided to cut out the section on macros from the 2.1E Supplement
> and have attached it with this post.
>
> Joe
>
> Joe Huang
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> On 9/1/2016 5:32 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
>
> eQUEST does use DOE-2 macros with the same syntax as DOE2.1e if you edit
> the .inp file directly. The frustrating thing is that eQUEST evaluates the
> macros when you reopen the project and strips out the macro definitions
> leaving the resultant value. So it is useless if you hope to use macros for
> parametric runs in the eQUEST interface – at least in the tests I have
> carried out. You can use parametric expressions but the statements become
> much longer and, in my opinion, harder to use but that’s likely because I
> am so used to the macro language.
>
>
>
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> *From:* Equest-users [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
> <equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org>] *On Behalf Of *Joe Huang
> via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 31, 2016 10:33 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] DOE 2 Expressions
>
>
>
> People on the eQUEST/DOE-2.2 Development Team can correct me if I'm wrong,
> but IF DOE-2 expressions use the same syntax as DOE-2 macros, those are
> well-explained in the DOE-2 Supplement, Version 2.1E, by Winkelmann et al.
> 1993, LBL-34947, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA pp.
> 1.42-1.77 .  You should be able to find a PDF version of this document on
> the Web, since it's included in the DOE-2.1E release, but if not, let me
> know and I'll see whether I could put my PDF version online somewhere.
>
> Joe
>
> Joe Huang
>
> White Box Technologies, Inc.
>
> 346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A
>
> Moraga CA 94556
>
> yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com
>
> http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com for simulation-ready weather data
>
> (o) (925)388-0265
>
> (c) (510)928-2683
>
> "building energy simulations at your fingertips"
>
> On 2016/8/31 15:42, Saif A via Equest-users wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
>
>
> is there any materials (Books, websites, examples) to learn DOE 2
> expressions beside the "Overview of DOE-2.2".
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Saif
>
>
>
>
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