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## Resources

- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/idaholab/montepy)
- [Documentation](https://idaholab.github.io/MontePy/)
- [Developer's Guide](https://idaholab.github.io/MontePy/developing.html)
- [Documentation](https://www.montepy.org/)
- [Developer's Guide](https://www.montepy.org/developing.html)

## How to Report Bugs

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## How to Submit Changes

All changes to OpenMC happen through pull requests. For a full overview of the
process, see the developer's guide section on [Contributing to
OpenMC](https://docs.openmc.org/en/latest/devguide/contributing.html).
All changes to MontePy happen through pull requests. For a full overview of the
process, see the developer's guide section on [MontePy's documentation](https://www.montepy.org/developing.html)

## Code Style

Before you run off to make changes to the code, please review the [design
philosophy](https://idaholab.github.io/MontePy/developing.html#design-philosophy),
philosophy](https://www.montepy.org/developing.html#design-philosophy),
and make sure to also use [black](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html).
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[![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/idaholab/MontePy.svg)](https://github.com/idaholab/MontePy/blob/develop/LICENSE)
[![JOSS article status](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/e5b5dc8cea19605a1507dd4d420d5199/status.svg)](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/e5b5dc8cea19605a1507dd4d420d5199)
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[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/montepy.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/montepy)
[![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active)


[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/montepy.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/montepy)
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MontePy is the most user friendly Python library for reading, editing, and writing MCNP input files.

## Installing
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* Can quickly [access cells, surfaces, and materials by their numbers](https://www.montepy.org/starting.html#collections-are-accessible-by-number). For example: `cell = problem.cells[105]`.
* Can quickly update cell parameters, [such as importances](https://www.montepy.org/starting.html#setting-cell-importances). For example `cell.importance.neutron = 2.0`.
* Can easily [create universes, and fill other cells with universes](https://www.montepy.org/starting.html#universes).
* Currently has over 430 test cases.
* Currently has over 550 test cases.


Here is a quick example showing multiple tasks in MontePy:

```python
import montepy
# read in file
problem = montepy.read_input("foo.imcnp")
problem = montepy.read_input("tests/inputs/test.imcnp")

# set photon importance for multiple cells
importances = {1: 0.005,
2: 0.1,
3: 1.0,
99: 1.235
2: 0.1,
3: 1.0,
99: 1.235
}
for cell_num, importance in importances.items():
problem.cells[cell_num].importance.photon = importance
problem.cells[cell_num].importance.photon = importance

#create a universe and fill another cell with it
universe = montepy.Universe(123)
problem.univeres.append(universe)
problem.universes.append(universe)
# add all cells with numbers between 1 and 4
universe.claim(problem.cells[1:5])
# fill cell 99 with universe 123
problem.cells[99].fill.universe = universe

# update all surfaces numbers by adding 1000 to them
for surface in problem.surfaces:
surface.number += 1000
surface.number += 1000
# all cells using these surfaces will be automatically updated as well

#write out an updated file
problem.write_problem("foo_update.imcnp")

```

## Limitations
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keyword-value pairs show up after the nuclide definitions. For example:
* `M1 1001.80c 1.0 plib=80p` can be parsed.
* `M1 plib=80p 1001.80c 1.0` cannot be parsed; despite it being a valid input.

## Alternatives

There are some python packages that offer some of the same features as MontePy,
but don't offer the same level of robustness, ease of installation, and user friendliness.

Many of the competitors do not offer the robustness that MontePy does becuase,
they do not utilize context-free parsing (as of 2024).
These packages are:

* [pyMCNP](https://github.com/FSIBT/PyMCNP)

* [MCNP-Input-Reader](https://github.com/ENEA-Fusion-Neutronics/MCNP-Input-Reader)

* [numjuggler](https://github.com/inr-kit/numjuggler)

The only other library that does utilize context-free parsing that we are aware is
[MCNP™y](https://github.rpi.edu/NuCoMP/mcnpy). MontePy differs by being:
* On PyPI, and can be installed via pip.
* Only requires a python interpreter, and not a Java virtual machine.
* Allowing contributions from anyone with a public GitHub account


For only writing, or templating an input file there are also some great tools out there.
These packages don't provide the same functionality as MontePy inherently,
but could be the right tool for the job depending on the user's needs.

* [Workflow and Template Toolkit for Simulation (WATTS)](https://github.com/watts-dev/watts)
* [Advanced Reactor Modeling Interface (ARMI)](https://github.com/terrapower/armi)

Another honorable mention that doesn't replicate the features of MontePy,
but could be a great supplement to MontePy for defining materials, performing activations, etc.
is [PyNE --- the Nuclear Engineering Toolkit](https://pyne.io/).

## Bugs, Requests and Development

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Read the [developer's guide](https://www.montepy.org/developing.html) for more details.
If you have any questions feel free to ask [@micahgale](mailto:[email protected]).

## Citation

For citing MontePy in a publication a [Journal of Open Source Software](https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) article is under review.
In the meantime there is a DOI for the software from [OSTI](https://osti.gov): [DOI:10.11578/dc.20240115.1](https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240115.1).

You can cite MontePy as:

> M. Gale, T. Labossiere-Hickman, B. Carbno, A. Bascom, and MontePy contributors, "MontePy", 2024, [doi: 10.11578/dc.20240115.1](https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240115.1).



# Finally: make objects, not regexes!