montepy.data_inputs.thermal_scattering module#

class montepy.data_inputs.thermal_scattering.ThermalScatteringLaw(input='', material=None)#

Bases: DataInputAbstract

Class to hold MT Inputs

This is designed to be called two ways. The first is with a read input file using input_card, comment The second is after a read with a material and a comment (using named inputs)

Parameters:

  • input (Input) – the Input object representing this data input

  • material (Material) – the parent Material object that owns this

add_scattering_law(law)#

Adds the requested scattering law to this material

Parameters:

law (str) – the thermal scattering law to add.

property allowed_keywords#

The allowed keywords for this class of MCNP_Card.

The allowed keywords that would appear in the parameters block. For instance for cells the keywords IMP and VOL are allowed. The allowed keywords need to be in upper case.

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: This is no longer needed. Instead this is specified in montepy.input_parser.tokens.MCNP_Lexer._KEYWORDS().

Returns:

A set of the allowed keywords. If there are none this should return the empty set.

Return type:

set

property class_prefix#

The text part of the card identifier.

For example: for a material the prefix is m

this must be lower case

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: This has been moved to _class_prefix()

Returns:

the string of the prefix that identifies a card of this class.

Return type:

str

Raises:

DeprecationWarning – always raised.

property classifier#

The syntax tree object holding the data classifier.

For example this would container information like M4, or F104:n.

Returns:

the classifier for this data_input.

Return type:

ClassifierNode

clone()#

Create a new independent instance of this object.

Returns:

a new instance identical to this object.

Return type:

type(self)

property comments#

The comments associated with this input if any.

This includes all C comments before this card that aren’t part of another card, and any comments that are inside this card.

Returns:

a list of the comments associated with this comment.

Return type:

list

static compress_jump_values(values)#

Takes a list of strings and jump values and combines repeated jump values.

e.g., 1 1 J J 3 J becomes 1 1 2J 3 J

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: This should be automatically handled by the syntax tree instead.

Parameters:

values (list) – a list of string and Jump values to try to compress

Returns:

a list of MCNP word strings that have jump compression

Return type:

list

Raises:

DeprecationWarning – raised always.

static compress_repeat_values(values, threshold=1e-06)#

Takes a list of floats, and tries to compress it using repeats.

E.g., 1 1 1 1 would compress to 1 3R

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: This should be automatically handled by the syntax tree instead.

Parameters:

  • values (list) – a list of float values to try to compress

  • threshold (float) – the minimum threshold to consider two values different

Returns:

a list of MCNP word strings that have repeat compression

Return type:

list

Raises:

DeprecationWarning – always raised.

property data#

The syntax tree actually holding the data.

Returns:

The syntax tree with the information.

Return type:

ListNode

format_for_mcnp_input(mcnp_version)#

Creates a string representation of this MCNP_Object that can be written to file.

Parameters:

mcnp_version (tuple) – The tuple for the MCNP version that must be exported to.

Returns:

a list of strings for the lines that this input will occupy.

Return type:

list

property has_classifier#

Whether or not this class supports particle classifiers.

For example: kcode doesn’t allow particle types but tallies do allow it e.g., f7:n

  • 0 : not allowed

  • 1 : is optional

  • 2 : is mandatory

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: This has been moved to _has_classifier()

Returns:

True if this class particle classifiers

Return type:

int

Raises:

DeprecationWarning – always raised.

property has_number#

Whether or not this class supports numbering.

For example: kcode doesn’t allow numbers but tallies do allow it e.g., f7

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: This has been moved to _has_number()

Returns:

True if this class allows numbers

Return type:

bool

Raises:

DeprecationWarning – always raised.

property leading_comments#

Any comments that come before the beginning of the input proper.

Added in version 0.2.0.

Returns:

the leading comments.

Return type:

list

Links the input to the parent problem for this input.

This is done so that inputs can find links to other objects.

Parameters:

problem (MCNP_Problem) – The problem to link this input to.

property old_number#

The material number from the file

Return type:

int

property parameters#

A dictionary of the additional parameters for the object.

e.g.: 1 0 -1 u=1 imp:n=0.5 has the parameters {"U": "1", "IMP:N": "0.5"}

Returns:

a dictionary of the key-value pairs of the parameters.

Rytpe:

dict

property parent_material#

The Material object this is tied to.

Return type:

Material

property particle_classifiers#

The particle class part of the card identifier as a parsed list.

This is parsed from the input that was read.

For example: the classifier for F7:n is :n, and imp:n,p is :n,p This will be parsed as a list: [<Particle.NEUTRON: 'N'>, <Particle.PHOTON: 'P'>].

Returns:

the particles listed in the input if any. Otherwise None

Return type:

list

property prefix#

The text part of the card identifier parsed from the input.

For example: for a material like: m20 the prefix is ‘m’ this will always be lower case.

Returns:

The prefix read from the input

Return type:

str

property prefix_modifier#

The modifier to a name prefix that was parsed from the input.

For example: for a transform: *tr5 the modifier is *

Returns:

the prefix modifier that was parsed if any. None if otherwise.

Return type:

str

property thermal_scattering_laws#

The thermal scattering laws to use for this material as strings.

Return type:

list

property trailing_comment#

The trailing comments and padding of an input.

Generally this will be blank as these will be moved to be a leading comment for the next input.

Returns:

the trailing c style comments and intermixed padding (e.g., new lines)

Return type:

list

update_pointers(data_inputs)#

Updates pointer to the thermal scattering data

Parameters:

data_inputs (list) – a list of the data inputs in the problem

Returns:

True iff this input should be removed from problem.data_inputs

Return type:

bool

validate()#

Validates that the object is in a usable state.

Raises:

IllegalState if any condition exists that make the object incomplete.

property words#

The words from the input file for this card.

Warning

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: This has been replaced by the syntax tree data structure.

Raises:

DeprecationWarning – Access the syntax tree instead.

static wrap_string_for_mcnp(string, mcnp_version, is_first_line, suppress_blank_end=True)#

Wraps the list of the words to be a well formed MCNP input.

multi-line inputs will be handled by using the indentation format, and not the “&” method.

Parameters:

  • string (str) – A long string with new lines in it, that needs to be chunked appropriately for MCNP inputs

  • mcnp_version (tuple) – the tuple for the MCNP that must be formatted for.

  • is_first_line (bool) – If true this will be the beginning of an MCNP input. The first line will not be indented.

  • suppress_blank_end (bool) – Whether or not to suppress any blank lines that would be added to the end. Good for anywhere but cell modifiers in the cell block.

Returns:

A list of strings that can be written to an input file, one item to a line.

Return type:

list

static wrap_words_for_mcnp(words, mcnp_version, is_first_line)#

Wraps the list of the words to be a well formed MCNP input.

multi-line cards will be handled by using the indentation format, and not the “&” method.

Deprecated since version 0.2.0: The concept of words is deprecated, and should be handled by syntax trees now.

Parameters:

  • words (list) – A list of the “words” or data-grams that needed to added to this card. Each word will be separated by at least one space.

  • mcnp_version (tuple) – the tuple for the MCNP that must be formatted for.

  • is_first_line (bool) – If true this will be the beginning of an MCNP card. The first line will not be indented.

Returns:

A list of strings that can be written to an input file, one item to a line.

Return type:

list

Raises:

DeprecationWarning – raised always.