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Unit syntax error, not sure why
Posted Mar 14, 2017, 2:42 p.m. EDT RF & Microwave Engineering, Studies & Solvers Version 5.2a 1 Reply
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This is likely something very obvious but I can't figure it out. I'm trying to define a variable:
omega0 = e_const*hbar_const*sqrt(fermienergy/W)
fermienergy has units joules and W has units of (micro)metres. W is the thing which varies in a parametric sweep. Any ideas why it gets oranged out and says "unit syntax error"?
I'm using the radio frequency module
omega0 = e_const*hbar_const*sqrt(fermienergy/W)
fermienergy has units joules and W has units of (micro)metres. W is the thing which varies in a parametric sweep. Any ideas why it gets oranged out and says "unit syntax error"?
I'm using the radio frequency module
1 Reply Last Post Mar 14, 2017, 2:55 p.m. EDT
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7 years ago
Hello Joshua,
Mathematical functions like sqrt take scalar arguments. Hence the "oranging out", which means a warning, rather than an error.
If you know what you are doing, you can ignore it. Alternatively you can modify your expression to something like sqrt(const1*fermienergy/W) where const1 is the constant that has unit of (micro)meters per Joule and is currently implied rather than stated explicitly.
Best,
Jeff
Mathematical functions like sqrt take scalar arguments. Hence the "oranging out", which means a warning, rather than an error.
If you know what you are doing, you can ignore it. Alternatively you can modify your expression to something like sqrt(const1*fermienergy/W) where const1 is the constant that has unit of (micro)meters per Joule and is currently implied rather than stated explicitly.
Best,
Jeff