> Discrete Optimization > Solving Mixed Integer Programming Problems (MIP) > Example: Reading a MIP Problem from a File > Complete Program: mipex2.c

The example derives from lpex2.c, an LP example explained in the manual ILOG CPLEX Getting Started. That LP example differs from this MIP example in these ways:

Like other applications based on the ILOG CPLEX Callable Library, this one calls CPXopenCPLEX to initialize the ILOG CPLEX environment; it sets the screen-indicator parameter to direct output to the screen and calls CPXcreateprob to create a problem object. Before it ends, it calls CPXfreeprob to free the space allocated to the problem object and CPXcloseCPLEX to free the environment.

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/*  File: examples/src/mipex2.c                                           */
/*  Version 9.0                                                           */
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/*  Copyright (C) 1997-2003 by ILOG.                                      */
/*  All Rights Reserved.                                                  */
/*  Permission is expressly granted to use this example in the            */
/*  course of developing applications that use ILOG products.             */
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/* mipex2.c - Reading in and optimizing a MIP problem */

/* To run this example, command line arguments are required.
   i.e.,   mipex2   filename
   where 
       filename is the name of the file, with .mps, .lp, or .sav extension
   Example:
       mipex2  mexample.mps
 */

/* Bring in the CPLEX function declarations and the C library 
   header file stdio.h with the following single include. */

#include <ilcplex/cplex.h>

/* Bring in the declarations for the string and character functions 
   and malloc */

#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

/* Include declarations for functions in this program */

static void
   free_and_null (char **ptr),
   usage         (char *progname);


int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
   /* Declare and allocate space for the variables and arrays where we will
      store the optimization results including the status, objective value,
      and variable values. */


   int      solstat;
   double   objval;
   double   *x     = NULL;

   CPXENVptr     env = NULL;
   CPXLPptr      lp = NULL;
   int           status;
   int           j;
   int           cur_numcols;

   /* Check the command line arguments */

   if ( argc != 2 ) {
      usage (argv[0]);
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* Initialize the CPLEX environment */

   env = CPXopenCPLEX (&status);

   /* If an error occurs, the status value indicates the reason for
      failure.  A call to CPXgeterrorstring will produce the text of
      the error message.  Note that CPXopenCPLEX produces no output,
      so the only way to see the cause of the error is to use
      CPXgeterrorstring.  For other CPLEX routines, the errors will
      be seen if the CPX_PARAM_SCRIND indicator is set to CPX_ON.  */

   if ( env == NULL ) {
      char  errmsg[1024];
      fprintf (stderr, "Could not open CPLEX environment.\n");
      CPXgeterrorstring (env, status, errmsg);
      fprintf (stderr, "%s", errmsg);
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* Turn on output to the screen */

   status = CPXsetintparam (env, CPX_PARAM_SCRIND, CPX_ON);
   if ( status ) {
      fprintf (stderr, 
               "Failure to turn on screen indicator, error %d.\n", status);
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* Create the problem, using the filename as the problem name */

   lp = CPXcreateprob (env, &status, argv[1]);

   /* A returned pointer of NULL may mean that not enough memory
      was available or there was some other problem.  In the case of 
      failure, an error message will have been written to the error 
      channel from inside CPLEX.  In this example, the setting of
      the parameter CPX_PARAM_SCRIND causes the error message to
      appear on stdout.  Note that most CPLEX routines return
      an error code to indicate the reason for failure.   */

   if ( lp == NULL ) {
      fprintf (stderr, "Failed to create LP.\n");
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* Now read the file, and copy the data into the created lp */

   status = CPXreadcopyprob (env, lp, argv[1], NULL);
   if ( status ) {
      fprintf (stderr, "Failed to read and copy the problem data.\n");
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* Optimize the problem and obtain solution. */

   status = CPXmipopt (env, lp);

   if ( status ) {
      fprintf (stderr, "Failed to optimize MIP.\n");
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   solstat = CPXgetstat (env, lp);
   printf ("Solution status %d.\n", solstat);

   status  = CPXgetmipobjval (env, lp, &objval);

   if ( status ) {
      fprintf (stderr,"Failed to obtain objective value.\n");
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   printf ("Objective value %.10g\n", objval);

   /* The size of the problem should be obtained by asking CPLEX what
      the actual size is. cur_numcols stores the current number 
      of columns. */

   cur_numcols = CPXgetnumcols (env, lp);

   /* Allocate space for solution */

   x = (double *) malloc (cur_numcols*sizeof(double));

   if ( x == NULL ) {
      fprintf (stderr, "No memory for solution values.\n");
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   status = CPXgetmipx (env, lp, x, 0, cur_numcols-1);
   if ( status ) {
      fprintf (stderr, "Failed to obtain solution.\n");
      goto TERMINATE;
   }

   /* Write out the solution */

   for (j = 0; j < cur_numcols; j++) {
      printf ( "Column %d:  Value = %17.10g\n", j, x[j]);
   }
   
TERMINATE:

   /* Free up the solution */

   free_and_null ((char **) &x);

   /* Free up the problem as allocated by CPXcreateprob, if necessary */

   if ( lp != NULL ) {
      status = CPXfreeprob (env, &lp);
      if ( status ) {
         fprintf (stderr, "CPXfreeprob failed, error code %d.\n", status);
      }
   }

   /* Free up the CPLEX environment, if necessary */

   if ( env != NULL ) {
      status = CPXcloseCPLEX (&env);

      /* Note that CPXcloseCPLEX produces no output,
         so the only way to see the cause of the error is to use
         CPXgeterrorstring.  For other CPLEX routines, the errors will
         be seen if the CPX_PARAM_SCRIND indicator is set to CPX_ON. */

      if ( status ) {
      char  errmsg[1024];
         fprintf (stderr, "Could not close CPLEX environment.\n");
         CPXgeterrorstring (env, status, errmsg);
         fprintf (stderr, "%s", errmsg);
      }
   }
     
   return (status);

}  /* END main */


/* This simple routine frees up the pointer *ptr, and sets *ptr to NULL */

static void
free_and_null (char **ptr)
{
   if ( *ptr != NULL ) {
      free (*ptr);
      *ptr = NULL;
   }
} /* END free_and_null */ 


static void
usage (char *progname)
{
   fprintf (stderr,"Usage: %s filename\n", progname);
   fprintf (stderr,"   where filename is a file with extension \n");
   fprintf (stderr,"      MPS, SAV, or LP (lower case is allowed)\n");
   fprintf (stderr,"  This program uses the CPLEX MIP optimizer.\n");
   fprintf (stderr," Exiting...\n");
} /* END usage */