set()

Use this method to assign values to objects of the basic data types.

Syntax

Use these methods to assign property values. All assignment methods return the object itself, which means that assignment methods can be appended to each other.

The basic method for assignments is

 something.set(name,<value>);

The name argument is a string with the name of the property. The <value> argument can be of different types as indicated in Table 2-2, where the two different syntaxes for assignment in the COMSOL API and the LiveLink™ for MATLAB® are listed.

Table 2-2: Syntaxes for Assignment Methods.

Type	Java® Syntax	MATLAB® Syntax
string	set("name","value")	set('name','value')
string array	set("name", new String[]{"val1","val2"})	set('name',{'val1','val2'})
double string array	set("name",new String[][]{{"1","2"}, {"3","4"}})	set('name',{'1','2';'3','4'})
integer	set("name",17)	set('name',17)
integer array	set("name",new int[]{1,2})	set('name',[1 2])
integer matrix	set("name",new int[][]{{1,2}, {3,4}})	set('name',[1 2; 3 4])
double	set("name",1.3)	set('name',1.3)
double array	set("name",new double[]{1.3,2.3})	set('name',[1.3 2.3])
double matrix	set("name",new double[][]{{1.3,2.3}, {3.3,4.3}})	set('name',[1.3 2.3; 3.3 4.3])
boolean	set("name",true)	set('name',true)
boolean array	set("name",new boolean[]{true,false})	set('name',[true,false])
boolean matrix	set("name",new boolean[][] {{true, false},{false, false}})	set('name', [true,false;false,false])

For matrix-type properties, set(name,<string>) splits the string at spaces and commas.

The following example shows how two set methods can be appended:

model.result("pg1").set("edgecolor", "black").set("edges", "on");

 

This is equivalent to:

model.result("pg1").set("edgecolor", "black");

model.result("pg1").set("edges", "on");

 

That is, in this case, the set method returns the plot group "pg1".

The following methods using set are deprecated in version 5.1 (use setIndex() instead):

set(name,pos,<value>)

set(name,pos1,pos2,<value>)

The following methods using set are deprecated in version 5.0:

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, double)

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, double[])

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, int)

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, int[])

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, int, double)

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, int, int)

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, int, String)

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, String)

com.comsol.model.ParameterEntity.set(String, int, String[])

See Also

get* and Selection Access Methods, setIndex()