Initializing help system before first use

# xpress.init

Purpose
Initializes the Xpress environment prior to creating or reading a problem.
Note that it is not necessary to call this function after importing the Xpress module and before creating or solving a problem, since the environment will be automatically initialized when it is needed for the first time. However, you may want to call xpress.init in a with statement, which allows you to:

- detect initialization errors (which will be raised as an xpress.ModelError);
- specify the path to your license file;
- explicitly acquire the Xpress license;
- automatically release the Xpress license at the end of the with statement.

Synopsis
`xpress.init(lic_path=None)`
Argument

lic_path | (optional) Path to the Xpress license file.

Example
The following example shows how to call xpress.init and why it could be useful:

    try:
      with xp.init():     # Acquire the Xpress license
        p = xp.problem()  # This would imply a call to xp.init() if it had not already been called
        x = p.addVariable()
        y = p.addVariable()
        p.addConstraint(x+y <= 1)
        p.setObjective(x+2*y, sense=xp.ObjSense.MAXIMIZE)
        p.optimize()
      # Xpress license is implicitly released here
    catch xp.ModelError:
      print('Failed to initialize Xpress')

Further information
xpress.init may emit a xpress.LicenseWarning if the path to the license file is not explicitly indicated with the lic_path argument or the XPAUTH_PATH environment variable. This warning can be suppressed by adding the following code before the call to xpress.init:

    import warnings
    warnings.simplefilter('ignore', xpress.LicenseWarning)

Related topics
xpress.free
Parent Topic Global methods of the Xpress module

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