Element Input Format

All physical elements are defined by statements of the form

label:keyword,attribute,...,attribute

Example:

QF: QUADRUPOLE,L=1.8,K1=0.015832;

where

label

Is the name to be given to the element (in the example QF), it is an identifier.

keyword

Is a keyword, it is an element type keyword (in the example QUADRUPOLE),

attribute

normally has the form

attribute-name=attribute-value

attribute-name

selects the attribute from the list defined for the element type keyword (in the example L and K1). It must be an identifier

attribute-value

gives it a value (in the example 1.8 and 0.015832).

Omitted attributes are assigned a default value, normally zero.