Re: Adding if/then/else statement to GMPL

Hello Meketon !

Could you share your view of how it would be expressed (an ideal model 
sample) ?

If you want to talk about it, maybe I'll be interested in implement it !

Can you share a collection of models data to be used as base for the 
test/implementation ?

Cheers !

On 24/8/20 16:00, Meketon, Marc wrote:
> I've always felt that GMPL needed if-then-else, for-loops, 'let' statements and the ability to re-solve to be a true modeling language.  And Andrew has always disagreed.
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> Many of the models that I create ultimately are 'iterative' where I need to take the results of one model and use it to setup another model.  To me, that is also modeling.  GMPL doesn't have it.
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> So often, I use GMPL for an initial model - it is a wonderful language, and I find it faster to code than alternatives.  But then when I 'get it right' I have to re-code it in PYOMO or PULP or write directly to an 'lp' file within a Python or C# or other language script.
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> Having the ability to run, adjust variables, add/take away constraints, re-run would be extremely useful, and make GMPL more of a one-stop modeling language.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Help-glpk <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Andrew Makhorin
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2020 2:56 PM
> To: Domingo Alvarez Duarte <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Adding if/then/else statement to GMPL
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> On Sun, 2020-08-23 at 15:36 +0200, Domingo Alvarez Duarte wrote:
>> Hello !
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>> Also I've added the break/continue statements here
>> https://github.com/mingodad/GLPK/commit/9d70a37b16bd377722eeb3880fcf86
>> bb3b812118
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>> Again any comment/suggestion is welcome !
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>> Cheers !
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> Please note that GNU MathProg is a *modeling* language; it is not a general-purpose programming language. If you need to produce a non-trivial solution report (since all such-like statements are allowed only on the post-solving stage), it would be more practical to write the solution to a temporary file and then process it with a separate program.
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