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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">partition command</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#syntax">Syntax</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#description">Description</a></li>
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<span id="index-0"></span><h1>partition command</h1>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">partition</span> <span class="n">style</span> <span class="n">N</span> <span class="n">command</span> <span class="o">...</span>
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<li>style = <em>yes</em> or <em>no</em></li>
<li>N = partition number (see asterisk form below)</li>
<li>command = any LAMMPS command</li>
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<h2>Examples</h2>
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partition yes 1 processors 4 10 6
partition no 5 print &quot;Active partition&quot;
partition yes <em>5 fix all nve
partition yes 6</em> fix all nvt temp 1.0 1.0 0.1
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<h2>Description</h2>
<p>This command invokes the specified command on a subset of the
partitions of processors you have defined via the -partition
command-line switch. See <span class="xref std std-ref">Section_start 6</span>
for an explanation of the switch.</p>
<p>Normally, every input script command in your script is invoked by
every partition. This behavior can be modified by defining world- or
universe-style <a class="reference internal" href="variable.html"><span class="doc">variables</span></a> that have different values
for each partition. This mechanism can be used to cause your script
to jump to different input script files on different partitions, if
such a variable is used in a <a class="reference internal" href="jump.html"><span class="doc">jump</span></a> command.</p>
<p>The &#8220;partition&#8221; command is another mechanism for having as input
script operate differently on different partitions. It is basically a
prefix on any LAMMPS command. The commmand will only be invoked on
the partition(s) specified by the <em>style</em> and <em>N</em> arguments.</p>
<p>If the <em>style</em> is <em>yes</em>, the command will be invoked on any partition
which matches the <em>N</em> argument. If the <em>style</em> is <em>no</em> the command
will be invoked on all the partitions which do not match the Np
argument.</p>
<p>Partitions are numbered from 1 to Np, where Np is the number of
partitions specified by the <span class="xref std std-ref">-partition command-line switch</span>.</p>
<p><em>N</em> can be specified in one of two ways. An explicit numeric value
can be used, as in the 1st example above. Or a wild-card asterisk can
be used to span a range of partition numbers. This takes the form &#8220;*&#8221;
or &#8220;<em>n&#8221; or &#8220;n</em>&#8221; or &#8220;m*n&#8221;. An asterisk with no numeric values means
all partitions from 1 to Np. A leading asterisk means all partitions
from 1 to n (inclusive). A trailing asterisk means all partitions
from n to Np (inclusive). A middle asterisk means all partitions from
m to n (inclusive).</p>
<p>This command can be useful for the &#8220;run_style verlet/split&#8221; command
which imposed requirements on how the <a class="reference internal" href="processors.html"><span class="doc">processors</span></a>
command lays out a 3d grid of processors in each of 2 partitions.</p>
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<h2>Restrictions</h2>
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<div>none</div></blockquote>
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<h2>Related commands</h2>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="run_style.html"><span class="doc">run_style verlet/split</span></a></p>
<p><strong>Default:</strong> none</p>
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