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Tables for Crystallography Volume G Definition and exchange of crystallographic data Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon © International Union of Crystallography 2006 |
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. G. ch. 2.4, p. 47
Section 2.4.4.5. Global blocks
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A global block is similar to a data block except that it is opened with a global_ statement and contains data that are common or `default' to all subsequent data blocks in a file. Global data items remain active until re-specified in a subsequent data block or global block.
In some applications it may be efficient to place data that are common to all data blocks within a global block. In particular, save frames may be defined within global blocks and then referenced in subsequent data blocks [this statement corrects an error in Hall & Spadaccini (1994![[link]](/graphics/greenarr.gif)
)]. Examples of global data are shown in Figs. 2.4.7.1 and 2.4.7.2, in which a variety of frequently referenced structural units are encapsulated within save frames specified in global blocks.
References
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