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Relational OperatorsRelational operators are used to compare two expressions. They are most commonly used in constraints, but not exclusively. The relational operators are:
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Logical operators are used to combine logical expressions. They are most commonly used in conditional statements, conditional structures and conditional loops. The logical operators are not, and and or. They are used as shown in the table below:
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| < < | Logical expressions are expressions that will evaluate to either true or false. Logical expressions are
usually defined in terms of the relational operators:
Lower[r] <= sum {i in INGREDIENTS} Contributes[r, i] * Amount[i]
sum {s in SURFBOARDS} Recipe[m, s] * Production[s] <= Supply[m];
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| > > | Logical expressions are expressions that will evaluate to either true or false. Logical expressions are usually defined in terms of the relational operators:
Lower[r] <= sum {i in INGREDIENTS} Contributes[r, i] * Amount[i]
sum {s in SURFBOARDS} Recipe[m, s] * Production[s] <= Supply[m]; | ||||||||||||
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| Logical expressions can be built up from other logical expressions, binary parameters and logical operators. | |||||||||||||
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Conditional ExpressionsA conditional expression is very much like theIF function in Microsoft Excel: | |||||||||||||
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param ifvalue := if <some logical expression> then
<a value>
[else
<another value>];
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| < < | If the logical expression is true then ifvalue will be set to <a value>, otherwise it is set to 0 (by default) or, if the else part of the expression is present, <another value>. Note that if the else keyword is present, then no ; needs to be included after <a value>. | ||||||||||||
| > > | If the logical expression is true then ifvalue will be set to , otherwise it is set to 0 (by default) or, if the else part of the expression is present, else keyword is present, then no ; needs to be included after . | ||||||||||||
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Conditional StructuresA conditional structure is the same as the classical if_-_then_-_else statement in programming languages like MATLAB, Fortran, Visual Basic and C++: | |||||||||||||
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| < < | if <logical expression> then <a statement>; [else <another statement>;]Note here that even if the else keyword is present you need to end <a statement> with ;. If you want to include more than one statement within the conditional structures you can use { and } to enclose your statements:
if <logical expression> then
{
<some statements>
}
[else
{
<some other statements>
}]
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| > > | ifNote here that even if the else keyword is present you need to end with ;. If you want to include more than one statement within the conditional structures you can use { and } to enclose your statements:
if | ||||||||||||
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Binary ParametersIn AMPL we can create binary parameters by using thebinary keyword in the parameter declaration: | |||||||||||||
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| Binary parameters are used in a similar way to boolean variables (in Matlab, C, etc) and logical variables (Fortran). If a binary parameter has the value 0 this is equivalent to false, and 1 is equivalent to true. Binary parameters can be used with conditional expressions to hold a true/false result from a logical expression: | |||||||||||||
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| < < | param isGreater binary; let isGreater := if 4 > 5 then 1 else 0; # isGreater = 0 (false) let isGreater := if 6 > 5 then 1; # else 0 is the default, isGreater = 1 (true)so the syntax is let <binary parameter> := if <expression> then 1; | ||||||||||||
| > > | param isGreater binary; let isGreater := if 4 > 5 then 1 else 0; # isGreater = 0 (false) let isGreater := if 6 > 5 then 1; # else 0 is the default, isGreater = 1 (true)so the syntax is let | ||||||||||||
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| < < | binary <binary parameter>; if <expression> then let <binary parameter> := 1; else let <binary parameter> := 0; | ||||||||||||
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| Binary parameters may be used in logical expressions or as the condition in a conditional statement or conditional structure. They are very useful for building complex conditional statements or structures: | |||||||||||||
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