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--- output:bindistfile [2018/09/23 18:17] – ↷ Page name changed from output:distfile to output:bindistfile daniel
+++ output:bindistfile [2019/01/27 10:06] (current) – daniel
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-====== Distfile ======
+====== Binned distribution file ======
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-Information on how often each segment (between two sampling points) of the various functions is used in force calculation is printed to the file given by the parameter ''distfile''.
+Information on how often each segment (between two sampling points) of the various functions is used in force calculation is printed to the file given by the parameter ''bindist_file''.
-To enable this feature, compile //potfit// with the ''dist'' switch. This information can be useful to check whether sampling points have a sensible density and/or distribution.
+To enable this feature, compile //potfit// with the ''--enable-bindist'' switch. This information can be useful to check if the sampling points of tabulated potentials have a reasonable density and/or distribution.
 <html><span style="color:red">This option is incompatible with mpi parallelization and only available for tabulated potentials.</span></html>
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 If your potential would be defined by values at $r=1,2,3$ then you would get a distfile with values at $1.5$ and $2.5$ representing the two segments.
-This is a distfile combined with the [[output:plotpointfile]] to visualize the output:
+This is data from a binned distribution file combined with the [[output:plotpointfile]] to visualize the individual segments:
 {{:distfile.png}}