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LSCollection Class

class localsolver.LSCollection

Value type for collection expressions (lists or sets). Such a value is obtained with LSExpression.value when the expression is a list. It represents a reference to the value of a variable and the value of this variable is modified when the LSCollection object if modified.

Summary

Methods

add

Adds the given value to this collection.

clear

Removes all values of this collection.

count

Returns the number of values in the collection.

contains

Returns true if the collection contains the given value, false otherwise.

get

Gets the value at the given position.

Special methods

__str__

Returns a string representation of the values in the collection in the format { val0, val1, ..., valN }ReturnsString representation of this collection.

__getitem__

Operator overloading for LSCollection.get().

__contains__

Operator overloading for LSCollection.contains().

__len__

Returns the length of the collection (same result as LSCollection.count()).

__iter__

Returns an iterator for the content of this collection.

Instance methods

LSCollection.add(val)

Adds the given value to this collection. Only allowed in state LSState.STOPPED. This function will fail if the given value is outside of the domain of the list or if this value is already included in this list (keep in mind that a list cannot contain twice the same value).

Parameters:

val (int) – The value to be added.

LSCollection.clear()

Removes all values of this collection. Only allowed in state LSState.STOPPED.

LSCollection.count()

Returns the number of values in the collection. Elements in collections are indexed from 0 to count()-1.

Returns:

Number of values in this LSCollection

Return type:

int

LSCollection.contains(value)

Returns true if the collection contains the given value, false otherwise.

Parameters:

value – Element whose presence in this collection is to be tested.

Returns:

True if the collection contains the value

Return type:

bool

LSCollection.get(pos)

Gets the value at the given position.

Parameters:

pos (int) – The considered position (must be non negative and strictly smaller than the number of values in the collection).

Returns:

Value at the given position

Return type:

int

Special operators and methods

LSCollection.__str__()

Returns a string representation of the values in the collection in the format { val0, val1, ..., valN }

Returns:

String representation of this collection.

Return type:

str

LSCollection.__getitem__(pos)

Operator overloading for LSCollection.get().

LSCollection.__contains__(value)

Operator overloading for LSCollection.contains().

LSCollection.__len__()

Returns the length of the collection (same result as LSCollection.count()).

LSCollection.__iter__()

Returns an iterator for the content of this collection.