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Introduction to the Tcl command language

The Tcl scripting language was chosen to support the OpenSees commands, which are used to define the problem geometry, loading, formulation and solution. These commands are one-line commands which have specific tasks, as described in this manual. The Tcl language provides useful programming tools, such as variables manipulation, mathematical-expression evaluation and control structures.

Tcl is a string-based scripting language which allows the following:

More information on Tcl commands can be found at its web site: Tcl/Tk Primer (http://dev.scriptics.com/scripting/primer.html)

Handy Tcl commands:

incr - Increment the value of a variable:

set a 1

incr a

a book reference:

Brent Welch <welch@acm.org>, Ken Jones, and Jeff Hobbs: Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, 4th Edition ISBN: 0-13-038560-3, June, 2003 (http://www.beedub.com/book/)

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Tcl Commands Format

Example Tcl Commands

Additional Tcl Resources

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