SectionList
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SectionList

class SectionList
Syntax:
sl = new SectionList()
Description:
Class for creating and managing a list of sections

SectionList.append()
Syntax:
sl.append()
Description:
append the currently accessed section to the list

SectionList.remove()
Syntax:

n = sl.remove()

n = sl.remove(sectionlist)

Description:
remove the currently accessed section from the list If the argument is present then all the sections in sectionlist are removed from sl. Returns the number of sections removed.

SectionList.children()
Syntax:
sl.children()
Description:
Appends the sections connected to the currently accessed section. Note that this includes children connected at position 0 of parent.

SectionList.subtree()
Syntax:
sl.subtree()
Description:
Appends the subtree of the currently accessed section (including that one).

SectionList.wholetree()
Syntax:
sl.wholetree()
Description:
Appends all sections which have a path to the currently accessed section (including the currently accessed section). The section list has the important property that the sections are in root to leaf order.

SectionList.allroots()
Syntax:
sl.allroots()
Description:
Appends all the root sections. Root sections have no parent section. The number of root sections is the number of real cells in the simulation.

SectionList.unique()
Syntax:
n = sl.unique()
Description:
Removes all duplicates of sections in the SectionList. I.e. ensures that no section appears more than once. Returns the number of sections references that were removed.

SectionList.printnames()
Syntax:
.printnames()
Description:

print the names of the sections in the list.

The normal usage of a section list involves efficiently iterating over all the sections in the list with forsec sectionlist {statement}