set_lowbo

Set the lower bound of a variable.

unsigned char set_lowbo(lprec *lp, int column, REAL value);

Return Value

set_lowbo returns TRUE (1) if the operation was successful. A return value of FALSE (0) indicates an error.

Parameters

Pointer to previously created lp model. See return value of make_lp, copy_lp, read_lp, read_LP, read_mps, read_freemps, read_MPS, read_freeMPS, read_XLI

column

The column number of the variable on which the bound must be set. It must be between 1 and the number of columns in the lp.

Remarks

The set_lowbo function sets a lower bound on the variable identified by column.
Setting a bound on a variable is the way to go instead of adding an extra constraint (row) to the model. Setting a bound doesn't increase the model size that means that the model stays smaller and will be solved faster.
Note that the default lower bound of each variable is 0. So variables will never take negative values if no negative lower bound is set.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "lp_lib.h"

int main(void)
{
  lprec *lp;

  /* Create a new LP model */
  lp = make_lp(0, 2);
  if(lp == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create new LP model\n");
    return(1);
  }

  set_lowbo(lp, 1, 1.0);

  delete_lp(lp);
  return(0);
}

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