[EnergyPlus_Support] EP Macro Eval

[Jason Kirkpatrick <jason.alan.kirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am trying to understand the use of the #eval commands in the EP Macro auxiliary program,

I have copied the example directly from the Auxiliary Programs reference (pg 148):


##set1 x 0
##set1 x #eval[ x[]+1]

According the reference, x should be set to 0, and then redefined to 1 by the second command, but when I run this example, I get this error:

      #  64 # ##set1 x 0
      #  65 # ##set1 x #eval[ x[]+1]
  *ERROR***  **************** ===== ***********************************************************macro argument missing

Could anyone help me?  I am trying to take two macro definitions and define a third macro with the first two values:

##set1 Width[] 50
##set1 Length[] 40
##set1 Area[] #eval[Width[]*Length[]]

I feel like this should work.

Also any guidance as to combining parametric variables and ep macros would be appreciated (I think you can't combine them)  or alternatives to performing calculations on macros....

Thanks,

Jason K

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