XPRBgetidxel

Purpose

Get the index number of an index.

Synopsis

int XPRBgetidxel(XPRBidxset idx, char *name);

Arguments

idx	A BCL set name
name	Name of an index in the set.

Return value

Sequence number of the index in the set, or -1 if not contained.

Example

XPRBprob prob;
XPRBidxset iset;
int val;
   ...
iset = XPRBnewidxset(prob,"Set",100);
XPRBaddidxel(iset, "first");
val = XPRBgetidxel(iset, "first");

This defines an index set , iset, with space for 100 entries, adds an index, first, to the set and subsequently retrieves its sequence number.

Further information

An index element can be accessed either by its name or by its sequence number. This function returns the sequence number of an index given its name.