Pass a list of strings in python to a C++ class

[Ignasi de Pouplana]

Hello, I am trying to improve my arc-length strategy by taking advantage of the new SubModelParts. The strategy should be able to access the nodes of a certain group of SubModelParts (the ones corresponding to the loads) at each iteration of the solution step.

I thought about defining a member variable, e.g. std::vector<std::string> mSubModelPartNames, with the name of those SubModelParts and then call them by means of ModelPart& GetSubModelPart(std::string const& SubModelPartName).

The thing is, since I already have a python list with the name of those SubModelParts in the "solver_settings" of the ProjectParameters.json, I wanted to pass that list to the constructor of the arc-length strategy in C++...

Is that possible? And if so, which is the best way to do it?

Thanks in advance,

Ignasi

[Miguel Angel Celigueta]

Hi Ignasi,
We are passing python lists to C++ in the DEM Application, and we are doing it like this:

We send the argument as a Python standard list, then we receive it as an argument of type 'boost::python::list& arg1'.
You can loop through the list using a standard for:

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for(int i=0; i<boost::python::len(arg1); i++) { }And for every component, you can extract the value by doing:

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boost::python::extract<double>(arg1[i])If your list contains strings, probably you should do

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boost::python::extract<std::string>(arg1[i]) or

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boost::python::extract<const std::string>(arg1[i]), but I did not test this.

The bad thing of this approach is that you must know the type of each component of the list. So it is not as robust as I woul like, but it is working for us.

Best regards,
Miguel Angel

[Ignasi de Pouplana]

Thanks for answering so fast.

I have used boost::python::list& and boost::python::extract<std::string> and it has compiled

[pooyan]

Hi Ignasi,

I suggest you to use the Parameter class which is done exactly to pass the jason parameters. your class should accept a Parameter which points to the sup part of the json where contains the information about your arc lenght.

Moreover, I didn't understood why you want to store the names? you may already save the model part pointers. Isn't it?

[Ignasi de Pouplana]

Ok, I will try passing a Parametrrs object.

And you are right, it's better to store a list with the SubModelPars instead of the names.

Thanks for your advice.