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Fix bug in VASP parameter parsing#3870

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@mkhorton mkhorton commented Jun 9, 2024

VASP 6.4.3 introduced additional white space in the values of some parameters in the vasprun.xml, for example <i type="string" name="GGA ">PE</I>. This leads to incorrect determination of run_type.


# Care should be taken: if a GGA tag is not specified, VASP will default
# to the functional specified by the POTCAR. It is not clear how
# VASP handles the "--" value.
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It is not clear how VASP handles the "--" value.

i think @esoteric-ephemera figured out what happens for --

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It still runs but it's not a great practice for clarity of results

@mkhorton mkhorton merged commit b0d9946 into master Jun 9, 2024
@mkhorton mkhorton deleted the mkhorton/run-type-patch branch June 9, 2024 02:59
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