problem.read

Purpose

Read an optimization problem into a Python problem object created prior to the call. All formats allowed by the Xpress Optimizer C API are allowed.

Synopsis

problem.read(filename, flags)

Arguments

filename

A string of up to 200 characters with the name of the file to be read.

flags

(optional) Flags to pass to read:

l	only the .lp version of the file is searched.
z	read the input file in compressed .gz format.

Example

Read problem problem1.lp and output an optimal solution:

p.read("problem1", "l")
p.solve("", "")
print("solution of problem1.lp:", p.getSolution())