.FCSys.Utilities.Chemistry.countElements .FCSys.Utilities.Chemistry.countElementsThis function returns the number of elements in a chemical formula. Electrons are counted as a present element (or rather particle) if the net charge is nonzero.
Examples:
countElements("C19HF37O5S-") returns 5 and countElements("H+") returns 2.
Please see the readElement function for details about the format of the chemical formula.
function countElements
extends Modelica.Icons.Function;
input String formula "Chemical formula";
output Integer n "Number of elements" annotation(
Dialog(__Dymola_label = "<html><i>n</i></html>"));
end countElements;