Fix/ adding star repeat to non interactive only (#675)

* Added '*REPEAT` to INVAL_COMMANDS

* Added '*REPEAT` to INVAL_COMMANDS

* Updated test unit.

* Added mechanism to wrap *REPEAT in a non_interactive block when converting APDL code.

* Grammar fixing.

* Added missing return

* Update ansys/mapdl/core/convert.py

Co-authored-by: Alex Kaszynski <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: Alex Kaszynski <[email protected]>

Author: germa89

ansys/mapdl/core/convert.py

@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ def translate_line(self, line):
         if not line:
             return
 
+        if line[:4].upper() == "*REP":
+            if not self.non_interactive:
+                prev_cmd = self.lines.pop(-1)
+                self.start_non_interactive()
+                new_prev_cmd = '    ' + prev_cmd  # Since we are writing in self.lines we need to add the indentation by ourselves.
+                self.lines.append(new_prev_cmd)
+                self.store_run_command(line)  # Using run but it could be `store_command`
+                self.end_non_interactive()
+                return
+
         if line[:4].upper() in COMMANDS_TO_NOT_BE_CONVERTED:
             self.store_run_command(line)
             return

ansys/mapdl/core/mapdl.py

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
     "/EOF": "Unsupported command.  Use ``exit`` to stop the server.",
     "*ASK": "Unsupported command.  Use python ``input`` instead.",
     "*IF": "Use a python ``if`` or run as non_interactive",
-    "CMAT": "Use as non_interactive",
+    "CMAT": "Run `CMAT` as ``non_interactive``.",
+    "*REP": "Run '*REPEAT' in ``non_interactive``."
 }
 
 ## Soft-invalid commands

tests/test_mapdl.py

@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ def test_cdread_in_apdl_directory(mapdl, cleared):
 
 def test_inval_commands(mapdl, cleared):
     """Test the output of invalid commands"""
-    cmds = ["*END", "*vwrite", "/eof", "cmatrix"]
+    cmds = ["*END", "*vwrite", "/eof", "cmatrix", "*REpeAT"]
     for each_cmd in cmds:
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
             mapdl.run(each_cmd)