variable.C

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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
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#include "libmesh/variable.h"
#include "libmesh/fe_interface.h"

namespace libMesh
{
unsigned int Variable::n_components() const
{
  if (_type.family == SCALAR)
    return _type.order.get_order();

  if (const auto fe_field_type = FEInterface::field_type(_type.family);
      fe_field_type == TYPE_VECTOR)
    libmesh_error_msg("Cannot determine the number of components. Please call the n_components "
                      "overload with a mesh argument");
  else
    return 1;
}

unsigned int Variable::n_components(const MeshBase & mesh) const
{
  if (_type.family == SCALAR)
    return _type.order.get_order();
  else
    return FEInterface::n_vec_dim(mesh, _type);
}
}