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# problem.getIndex

Purpose
Returns the index for a specified row or column name.
Topic areas
Problem Information, Optimizer
Synopsis
`index = problem.getIndex(type, name=None)`
Arguments

type: int |
xpress.Namespaces.ROW | (=1) if row index is required;
xpress.Namespaces.COLUMN | (=2) if column index is required;
xpress.Namespaces.SET | (=3) if set index is required;
xpress.Namespaces.PWLCONS | (=4) if piecewise linear constraint index is required;
xpress.Namespaces.GENCONS | (=5) if general constraint index is required;
xpress.Namespaces.OBJECTIVE | (=6) if objective index is required;
xpress.Namespaces.USERFUNC | (=7) if user function index is required;
xpress.Namespaces.INTERNALFUNC | (=8) if an internal function index is required.
name: str | None terminated string.

Return value

index: int | The row or column index number. A value of -1 will be returned if the row or column does not exist.

Further information
1. Names are case sensitive, and the names of internal functions are upper case, e.g., COS.
2. To get the index of a variable, constraint or sos object, use obj.index.
Related topics
problem.addNames.
Parent Topic Xpress problem object methods

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