.. index:: compute dihedral

compute dihedral command
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Syntax
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.. parsed-literal::

   compute ID group-ID dihedral

* ID, group-ID are documented in :doc:`compute <compute>` command
* dihedral = style name of this compute command

Examples
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.. code-block:: LAMMPS

   compute 1 all dihedral

Description
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Define a computation that extracts the dihedral energy calculated by
each of the dihedral sub-styles used in the :doc:`dihedral_style hybrid <dihedral_hybrid>` command.  These values are made
accessible for output or further processing by other commands.  The
group specified for this command is ignored.

This compute is useful when using :doc:`dihedral_style hybrid <dihedral_hybrid>` if you want to know the portion of the
total energy contributed by one or more of the hybrid sub-styles.

**Output info:**

This compute calculates a global vector of length N where N is the
number of sub_styles defined by the :doc:`dihedral_style hybrid <dihedral_style>` command.  which can be accessed by indices
1-N.  These values can be used by any command that uses global scalar
or vector values from a compute as input.  See the :doc:`Howto output <Howto_output>` doc page for an overview of LAMMPS output
options.

The vector values are "extensive" and will be in energy
:doc:`units <units>`.

Restrictions
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 none

Related commands
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:doc:`compute pe <compute_pe>`, :doc:`compute pair <compute_pair>`

**Default:** none
