Function PGACharacterCreateString

Function Documentation

void PGACharacterCreateString(PGAContext *ctx, int p, int pop, int initflag)

Allocate memory for a string of type character.

Description

Note that this function is set in PGASetUp() as the create string user function for the char datatype by default.

Example

Allocates memory and assigns the address of the allocated memory to the string field ind->chrom of the individual. Additionally, the string is initialized to zero.

PGAContext *ctx;
int p;

...
PGACharacterCreateString (ctx, p, PGA_NEWPOP, PGA_FALSE);

Parameters:

  • ctx – context variable

  • p – string index

  • pop – symbolic constant of the population string p is in

  • initflag – A true/false flag used in conjunction with ctx->ga.RandomInit to initialize the string either randomly or set to zero

Returns:

Member p in population pop is allocated and initialized.