parsed_function.h

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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
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#ifndef LIBMESH_PARSED_FUNCTION_H
#define LIBMESH_PARSED_FUNCTION_H
 
#include "libmesh/libmesh_config.h"
#include "libmesh/function_base.h"
 
#ifdef LIBMESH_HAVE_FPARSER
 
// Local includes
#include "libmesh/dense_vector.h"
#include "libmesh/int_range.h"
#include "libmesh/vector_value.h"
#include "libmesh/point.h"
 
// FParser includes
#include "libmesh/fparser_ad.hh"
 
// C++ includes
#include <algorithm> // std::find
#include <cmath>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstddef>
#include <iomanip>
#include <limits>
#include <memory>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
namespace libMesh
{
 
template <typename Output=Number, typename OutputGradient=Gradient>
class ParsedFunction : public FunctionBase<Output>
{
public:
  explicit
  ParsedFunction (std::string expression,
                  const std::vector<std::string> * additional_vars=nullptr,
                  const std::vector<Output> * initial_vals=nullptr);
 
  ParsedFunction (const ParsedFunction &);
  ParsedFunction & operator= (const ParsedFunction &);
 
  ParsedFunction (ParsedFunction &&) = default;
  ParsedFunction & operator= (ParsedFunction &&) = default;
  virtual ~ParsedFunction () = default;
 
  void reparse (std::string expression);
 
  virtual Output operator() (const Point & p,
                             const Real time = 0) override;
 
  virtual bool has_derivatives() { return _valid_derivatives; }
 
  virtual Output dot(const Point & p,
                     const Real time = 0);
 
  virtual OutputGradient gradient(const Point & p,
                                  const Real time = 0);
 
  virtual void operator() (const Point & p,
                           const Real time,
                           DenseVector<Output> & output) override;
 
  virtual Output component (unsigned int i,
                            const Point & p,
                            Real time) override;
 
  const std::string & expression() { return _expression; }
 
  virtual Output & getVarAddress(std::string_view variable_name);
 
  virtual std::unique_ptr<FunctionBase<Output>> clone() const override;
 
  Output get_inline_value(std::string_view inline_var_name) const;
 
  void set_inline_value(std::string_view inline_var_name,
                        Output newval);
 
protected:
  void partial_reparse (std::string expression);
 
  std::size_t find_name (std::string_view varname,
                         std::string_view expr) const;
 
  bool expression_is_time_dependent( std::string_view expression ) const;
 
private:
  void set_spacetime(const Point & p,
                     const Real time = 0);
 
  inline Output eval(FunctionParserADBase<Output> & parser,
                     std::string_view libmesh_dbg_var(function_name),
                     unsigned int libmesh_dbg_var(component_idx)) const;
 
  std::string _expression;
  std::vector<std::string> _subexpressions;
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>> parsers;
  std::vector<Output> _spacetime;
 
  // derivative functions
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>> dx_parsers;
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 1
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>> dy_parsers;
#endif
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 2
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>> dz_parsers;
#endif
  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>> dt_parsers;
  bool _valid_derivatives;
 
  // Variables/values that can be parsed and handled by the function parser
  std::string variables;
  std::vector<std::string> _additional_vars;
  std::vector<Output> _initial_vals;
};
 
 
/*----------------------- Inline functions ----------------------------------*/
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::ParsedFunction (std::string expression,
                                                       const std::vector<std::string> * additional_vars,
                                                       const std::vector<Output> * initial_vals) :
  _expression (), // overridden by parse()
  // Size the spacetime vector to account for space, time, and any additional
  // variables passed
  _spacetime (LIBMESH_DIM+1 + (additional_vars ? additional_vars->size() : 0)),
  _valid_derivatives (true),
  _additional_vars (additional_vars ? *additional_vars : std::vector<std::string>()),
  _initial_vals (initial_vals ? *initial_vals : std::vector<Output>())
{
  // time-dependence established in reparse function
  this->reparse(std::move(expression));
  this->_initialized = true;
}
 
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::ParsedFunction (const ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient> & other) :
  FunctionBase<Output>(other),
  _expression(other._expression),
  _subexpressions(other._subexpressions),
  _spacetime(other._spacetime),
  _valid_derivatives(other._valid_derivatives),
  variables(other.variables),
  _additional_vars(other._additional_vars),
  _initial_vals(other._initial_vals)
{
  // parsers can be generated from scratch by reparsing expression
  this->reparse(this->_expression);
  this->_initialized = true;
}
 
 
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient> &
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::operator= (const ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient> & other)
{
  // Use copy-and-swap idiom
  ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient> tmp(other);
  std::swap(tmp, *this);
  return *this;
}
 
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
void
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::reparse (std::string expression)
{
  variables = "x";
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 1
  variables += ",y";
#endif
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 2
  variables += ",z";
#endif
  variables += ",t";
 
  // If additional vars were passed, append them to the string
  // that we send to the function parser. Also add them to the
  // end of our spacetime vector
  for (auto i : index_range(_additional_vars))
    {
      variables += "," + _additional_vars[i];
      // Initialize extra variables to the vector passed in or zero
      // Note: The initial_vals vector can be shorter than the additional_vars vector
      _spacetime[LIBMESH_DIM+1 + i] =
        (i < _initial_vals.size()) ? _initial_vals[i] : 0;
    }
 
  this->_is_time_dependent = this->expression_is_time_dependent(expression);
 
  this->partial_reparse(std::move(expression));
}
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
Output
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::operator() (const Point & p, const Real time)
{
  set_spacetime(p, time);
  return eval(*parsers[0], "f", 0);
}
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
Output
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::dot (const Point & p, const Real time)
{
  set_spacetime(p, time);
  return eval(*dt_parsers[0], "df/dt", 0);
}
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
OutputGradient
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::gradient (const Point & p, const Real time)
{
  OutputGradient grad;
  set_spacetime(p, time);
 
  grad(0) = eval(*dx_parsers[0], "df/dx", 0);
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 1
  grad(1) = eval(*dy_parsers[0], "df/dy", 0);
#endif
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 2
  grad(2) = eval(*dz_parsers[0], "df/dz", 0);
#endif
 
  return grad;
}
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
void
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::operator()
  (const Point & p,
   const Real time,
   DenseVector<Output> & output)
{
  set_spacetime(p, time);
 
  unsigned int size = output.size();
 
  libmesh_assert_equal_to (size, parsers.size());
 
  // The remaining locations in _spacetime are currently fixed at construction
  // but could potentially be made dynamic
  for (unsigned int i=0; i != size; ++i)
    output(i) = eval(*parsers[i], "f", i);
}
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
Output
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::component (unsigned int i,
                                                  const Point & p,
                                                  Real time)
{
  set_spacetime(p, time);
  libmesh_assert_less (i, parsers.size());
 
  // The remaining locations in _spacetime are currently fixed at construction
  // but could potentially be made dynamic
  libmesh_assert_less(i, parsers.size());
  return eval(*parsers[i], "f", i);
}
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
Output &
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::getVarAddress (std::string_view variable_name)
{
  const std::vector<std::string>::iterator it =
    std::find(_additional_vars.begin(), _additional_vars.end(), variable_name);
 
  libmesh_error_msg_if(it == _additional_vars.end(),
                       "ERROR: Requested variable not found in parsed function");
 
  // Iterator Arithmetic (How far from the end of the array is our target address?)
  return _spacetime[_spacetime.size() - (_additional_vars.end() - it)];
}
 
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
std::unique_ptr<FunctionBase<Output>>
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::clone() const
{
  return std::make_unique<ParsedFunction>(_expression,
                                          &_additional_vars,
                                          &_initial_vals);
}
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
Output
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::get_inline_value (std::string_view inline_var_name) const
{
  libmesh_assert_greater (_subexpressions.size(), 0);
 
#ifndef NDEBUG
  bool found_var_name = false;
#endif
  Output old_var_value(0.);
 
  for (const auto & subexpression : _subexpressions)
    {
      const std::size_t varname_i =
        find_name(inline_var_name, subexpression);
      if (varname_i == std::string::npos)
        continue;
 
      const std::size_t assignment_i =
        subexpression.find(":", varname_i+1);
 
      libmesh_assert_not_equal_to(assignment_i, std::string::npos);
 
      libmesh_assert_equal_to(subexpression[assignment_i+1], '=');
      for (std::size_t i = varname_i+1; i != assignment_i; ++i)
        libmesh_assert_equal_to(subexpression[i], ' ');
 
      std::size_t end_assignment_i =
        subexpression.find(";", assignment_i+1);
 
      libmesh_assert_not_equal_to(end_assignment_i, std::string::npos);
 
      std::string new_subexpression =
        subexpression.substr(0, end_assignment_i+1).append(inline_var_name);
 
#ifdef LIBMESH_HAVE_FPARSER
      // Parse and evaluate the new subexpression.
      // Add the same constants as we used originally.
      FunctionParserADBase<Output> fp;
      fp.AddConstant("NaN", std::numeric_limits<Real>::quiet_NaN());
      fp.AddConstant("pi", std::acos(Real(-1)));
      fp.AddConstant("e", std::exp(Real(1)));
      libmesh_error_msg_if
        (fp.Parse(new_subexpression, variables) != -1, // -1 for success
         "ERROR: FunctionParser is unable to parse modified expression: "
         << new_subexpression << '\n' << fp.ErrorMsg());
 
      Output new_var_value = this->eval(fp, new_subexpression, 0);
#ifdef NDEBUG
      return new_var_value;
#else
      if (found_var_name)
        {
          libmesh_assert_equal_to(old_var_value, new_var_value);
        }
      else
        {
          old_var_value = new_var_value;
          found_var_name = true;
        }
#endif
 
#else
      libmesh_error_msg("ERROR: This functionality requires fparser!");
#endif
    }
 
  libmesh_assert(found_var_name);
  return old_var_value;
}
 
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
void
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::set_inline_value (std::string_view inline_var_name,
                                                         Output newval)
{
  libmesh_assert_greater (_subexpressions.size(), 0);
 
#ifndef NDEBUG
  bool found_var_name = false;
#endif
  for (auto & subexpression : _subexpressions)
    {
      const std::size_t varname_i =
        find_name(inline_var_name, subexpression);
      if (varname_i == std::string::npos)
        continue;
 
#ifndef NDEBUG
      found_var_name = true;
#endif
      const std::size_t assignment_i =
        subexpression.find(":", varname_i+1);
 
      libmesh_assert_not_equal_to(assignment_i, std::string::npos);
 
      libmesh_assert_equal_to(subexpression[assignment_i+1], '=');
      for (std::size_t i = varname_i+1; i != assignment_i; ++i)
        libmesh_assert_equal_to(subexpression[i], ' ');
 
      std::size_t end_assignment_i =
        subexpression.find(";", assignment_i+1);
 
      libmesh_assert_not_equal_to(end_assignment_i, std::string::npos);
 
      std::ostringstream new_subexpression;
      new_subexpression << subexpression.substr(0, assignment_i+2)
                        << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<Output>::digits10+2)
#ifdef LIBMESH_USE_COMPLEX_NUMBERS
                        << '(' << newval.real() << '+'
                        << newval.imag() << 'i' << ')'
#else
                        << newval
#endif
                        << subexpression.substr(end_assignment_i,
                                                std::string::npos);
      subexpression = new_subexpression.str();
    }
 
  libmesh_assert(found_var_name);
 
  std::string new_expression;
 
  for (const auto & subexpression : _subexpressions)
    {
      new_expression += '{';
      new_expression += subexpression;
      new_expression += '}';
    }
 
  this->partial_reparse(new_expression);
}
 
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
void
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::partial_reparse (std::string expression)
{
  _expression = std::move(expression);
  _subexpressions.clear();
  parsers.clear();
 
  size_t nextstart = 0, end = 0;
 
  while (end != std::string::npos)
    {
      // If we're past the end of the string, we can't make any more
      // subparsers
      if (nextstart >= _expression.size())
        break;
 
      // If we're at the start of a brace delimited section, then we
      // parse just that section:
      if (_expression[nextstart] == '{')
        {
          nextstart++;
          end = _expression.find('}', nextstart);
        }
      // otherwise we parse the whole thing
      else
        end = std::string::npos;
 
      // We either want the whole end of the string (end == npos) or
      // a substring in the middle.
      _subexpressions.push_back
        (_expression.substr(nextstart, (end == std::string::npos) ?
                           std::string::npos : end - nextstart));
 
      // fparser can crash on empty expressions
      libmesh_error_msg_if(_subexpressions.back().empty(),
                           "ERROR: FunctionParser is unable to parse empty expression.\n");
 
      // Parse (and optimize if possible) the subexpression.
      // Add some basic constants, to Real precision.
      auto fp = std::make_unique<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>();
      fp->AddConstant("NaN", std::numeric_limits<Real>::quiet_NaN());
      fp->AddConstant("pi", std::acos(Real(-1)));
      fp->AddConstant("e", std::exp(Real(1)));
      libmesh_error_msg_if
        (fp->Parse(_subexpressions.back(), variables) != -1, // -1 for success
         "ERROR: FunctionParser is unable to parse expression: "
         << _subexpressions.back() << '\n' << fp->ErrorMsg());
 
      // use of derivatives is optional. suppress error output on the console
      // use the has_derivatives() method to check if AutoDiff was successful.
      // also enable immediate optimization
      fp->SetADFlags(FunctionParserADBase<Output>::ADSilenceErrors |
                    FunctionParserADBase<Output>::ADAutoOptimize);
 
      // optimize original function
      fp->Optimize();
 
      // generate derivatives through automatic differentiation
      auto dx_fp = std::make_unique<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>(*fp);
      if (dx_fp->AutoDiff("x") != -1) // -1 for success
        _valid_derivatives = false;
      dx_parsers.push_back(std::move(dx_fp));
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 1
      auto dy_fp = std::make_unique<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>(*fp);
      if (dy_fp->AutoDiff("y") != -1) // -1 for success
        _valid_derivatives = false;
      dy_parsers.push_back(std::move(dy_fp));
#endif
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 2
      auto dz_fp = std::make_unique<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>(*fp);
      if (dz_fp->AutoDiff("z") != -1) // -1 for success
        _valid_derivatives = false;
      dz_parsers.push_back(std::move(dz_fp));
#endif
      auto dt_fp = std::make_unique<FunctionParserADBase<Output>>(*fp);
      if (dt_fp->AutoDiff("t") != -1) // -1 for success
        _valid_derivatives = false;
      dt_parsers.push_back(std::move(dt_fp));
 
      // If at end, use nextstart=maxSize.  Else start at next
      // character.
      nextstart = (end == std::string::npos) ?
        std::string::npos : end + 1;
 
      // Store fp for later use
      parsers.push_back(std::move(fp));
    }
}
 
 
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
std::size_t
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::find_name (std::string_view varname,
                                                  std::string_view expr) const
{
  const std::size_t namesize = varname.size();
  std::size_t varname_i = expr.find(varname);
 
  while ((varname_i != std::string::npos) &&
         (((varname_i > 0) &&
           (std::isalnum(expr[varname_i-1]) ||
            (expr[varname_i-1] == '_'))) ||
          ((varname_i+namesize < expr.size()) &&
           (std::isalnum(expr[varname_i+namesize]) ||
            (expr[varname_i+namesize] == '_')))))
    {
      varname_i = expr.find(varname, varname_i+1);
    }
 
  return varname_i;
}
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
bool
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::expression_is_time_dependent( std::string_view expression ) const
{
  bool is_time_dependent = false;
 
  // By definition, time is "t" for FunctionBase-based objects, so we just need to
  // see if this expression has the variable "t" in it.
  if (this->find_name(std::string("t"), expression) != std::string::npos)
    is_time_dependent = true;
 
  return is_time_dependent;
}
 
// Set the _spacetime argument vector
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
void
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::set_spacetime (const Point & p,
                                                      const Real time)
{
  _spacetime[0] = p(0);
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 1
  _spacetime[1] = p(1);
#endif
#if LIBMESH_DIM > 2
  _spacetime[2] = p(2);
#endif
  _spacetime[LIBMESH_DIM] = time;
 
  // The remaining locations in _spacetime are currently fixed at construction
  // but could potentially be made dynamic
}
 
// Evaluate the ith FunctionParser and check the result
template <typename Output, typename OutputGradient>
inline
Output
ParsedFunction<Output,OutputGradient>::eval (FunctionParserADBase<Output> & parser,
                                             std::string_view function_name,
                                             unsigned int component_idx) const
{
  Output result = parser.Eval(_spacetime.data());
  int error_code = parser.EvalError();
  if (error_code)
    {
      libMesh::err << "ERROR: FunctionParser is unable to evaluate component "
                   << component_idx
                   << " for '"
                   << function_name;
 
      for (auto i : index_range(parsers))
        if (parsers[i].get() == &parser)
          libMesh::err << "' of expression '"
                       << _subexpressions[i];
 
      libMesh::err << "' with arguments:\n";
      for (const auto & item : _spacetime)
        libMesh::err << '\t' << item << '\n';
      libMesh::err << '\n';
 
      // Currently no API to report error messages, we'll do it manually
      std::string error_message = "Reason: ";
 
      switch (error_code)
        {
        case 1:
          error_message += "Division by zero";
          break;
        case 2:
          error_message += "Square Root error (negative value)";
          break;
        case 3:
          error_message += "Log error (negative value)";
          break;
        case 4:
          error_message += "Trigonometric error (asin or acos of illegal value)";
          break;
        case 5:
          error_message += "Maximum recursion level reached";
          break;
        default:
          error_message += "Unknown";
          break;
        }
      libmesh_error_msg(error_message);
    }
 
  return result;
}
 
} // namespace libMesh
 
 
#else // !LIBMESH_HAVE_FPARSER
 
 
namespace libMesh {
 
 
template <typename Output=Number>
class ParsedFunction : public FunctionBase<Output>
{
public:
  ParsedFunction (std::string /* expression */,
                  const std::vector<std::string> * = nullptr,
                  const std::vector<Output> * = nullptr) : _dummy(0)
  {
    libmesh_not_implemented();
  }
 
  ParsedFunction (ParsedFunction &&) = delete;
  ParsedFunction (const ParsedFunction &) = delete;
  ParsedFunction & operator= (const ParsedFunction &) = delete;
  ParsedFunction & operator= (ParsedFunction &&) = delete;
  virtual ~ParsedFunction () = default;
 
  virtual Output operator() (const Point &,
                             const Real /* time */ = 0)
  { return 0.; }
 
  virtual void operator() (const Point &,
                           const Real /* time */,
                           DenseVector<Output> & /* output */) {}
 
  virtual void init() {}
  virtual void clear() {}
  virtual Output & getVarAddress(std::string_view /*variable_name*/) { return _dummy; }
  virtual std::unique_ptr<FunctionBase<Output>> clone() const
  {
    return std::make_unique<ParsedFunction<Output>>("");
  }
private:
  Output _dummy;
};
 
 
 
} // namespace libMesh
 
 
#endif // LIBMESH_HAVE_FPARSER
 
#endif // LIBMESH_PARSED_FUNCTION_H