Card File Examples

Author: Patrick Stowell

Date: June 2017

Versions: NUISANCE v2r0, GENIE 2.12.6

The NUISANCE applications require card files to be written that list different comparison specifications you would like to run with.

We call an entry in the card file a 'structure' and there are a number of these structures available to the user when writing card files. These are listed below, with their required and optional arguments. Some structures are valid only for certain routines or apps, so where appropriate these have been labelled.

NUISANCE Versions >v2r0 contain support for the card file to be specified in xml format, also opening up additional options to be passed in the structures. To look at examples for the older 'simple card' format that can be saved as a text file, please see the 'Simple Card Structures' section.

Wiki content

1. Card File Examples
   1. XML Card Structures
   2. Simple Card Structures
      1. Sample Structure
      2. Parameter Structure
      3. Covariance Structure
      4. Config Structure
      5. Comments Structure

XML Card Structures

Simple Card Structures

Sample Structure

sample   NAME   TYPE:/path/to/FILE   OPTION   NORM

Parameter Structure

TYPE_parameter  NAME   VALUE  STATE

TYPE_parameter  NAME  VALUE  LOW  HIGH STEP STATE 

Covariance Structure

covar ID   TYPE:INPUT   STATE

covar  ID   DIAL:NAME;CENTRAL;WIDTH   STATE

covar  ID   ROOT:FILEPATH;DIAL_HIST;COVARIANCE_HIST   STATE

Config Structure

config   NAME   VALUE

Comments Structure

# Insert my comments here

# These are my config options
config  VERBOSITY  4