[tj22]

FROM tutorials/contactStressFoam/ballAndBrick/500/sigmaEq

So I hit another snag which is with boundary data in a scalar file.

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{
type calculated;
value nonuniform List<scalar>
20
(
7.25133e+07
3.14218e+08
7.28482e+08
1.26474e+09
1.93784e+09
3.04389e+09
2.53692e+09
3.12726e+09
3.52083e+09
3.71729e+09
3.7175e+09
3.52148e+09
3.12833e+09
2.53801e+09
3.04275e+09
1.93932e+09
1.26598e+09
7.29215e+08
3.14555e+08
7.26247e+07
)
;
}

and

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{
type calculated;
value nonuniform List<scalar> 10(5.28854e+06 7.70467e+07 1.82706e+08 3.12856e+08 4.54249e+08 5.93731e+08 7.18908e+08 8.18234e+08 8.8145e+....
}

Entry 1: the number of values is on the next line. And each entry is on its own line.
Entry 2: the number of values is on the same line.
And so are all the values.
why? This makes the file reading mor difficult.

[mattijs]

The logic starts putting elements of Lists on separate lines if size>10. The idea is that short lists (e.g. a face) gets printed on one line.

[tj22]

That seems strange to me is that saiving you anything by doing it that way?