Clingo C API
C API for clingo providing high level functions to control grounding and solving.
model.c

The example shows how to inspect a model.

Output

$ ./model 0
Stable model:
shown: c
atoms: b
terms: c
~atoms: a
Stable model:
shown: a
atoms: a
terms:
~atoms: b

Code

#define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <clingo.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
typedef struct model_buffer {
clingo_symbol_t *symbols;
size_t symbols_n;
char *string;
size_t string_n;
} model_buffer_t;
void free_model_buffer(model_buffer_t *buf) {
if (buf->symbols) {
free(buf->symbols);
buf->symbols = NULL;
buf->symbols_n = 0;
}
if (buf->string) {
free(buf->string);
buf->string = NULL;
buf->string_n = 0;
}
}
bool print_symbol(clingo_symbol_t symbol, model_buffer_t *buf) {
bool ret = true;
char *string;
size_t n;
// determine size of the string representation of the next symbol in the model
if (!clingo_symbol_to_string_size(symbol, &n)) { goto error; }
if (buf->string_n < n) {
// allocate required memory to hold the symbol's string
if (!(string = (char*)realloc(buf->string, sizeof(*buf->string) * n))) {
clingo_set_error(clingo_error_bad_alloc, "could not allocate memory for symbol's string");
goto error;
}
buf->string = string;
buf->string_n = n;
}
// retrieve the symbol's string
if (!clingo_symbol_to_string(symbol, buf->string, n)) { goto error; }
printf("%s", buf->string);
goto out;
error:
ret = false;
out:
return ret;
}
bool print_model(clingo_model_t const *model, model_buffer_t *buf, char const *label, clingo_show_type_bitset_t show) {
bool ret = true;
clingo_symbol_t *symbols;
size_t n;
clingo_symbol_t const *it, *ie;
// determine the number of (shown) symbols in the model
if (!clingo_model_symbols_size(model, show, &n)) { goto error; }
// allocate required memory to hold all the symbols
if (buf->symbols_n < n) {
if (!(symbols = (clingo_symbol_t*)malloc(sizeof(*buf->symbols) * n))) {
clingo_set_error(clingo_error_bad_alloc, "could not allocate memory for atoms");
goto error;
}
buf->symbols = symbols;
buf->symbols_n = n;
}
// retrieve the symbols in the model
if (!clingo_model_symbols(model, show, buf->symbols, n)) { goto error; }
printf("%s:", label);
for (it = buf->symbols, ie = buf->symbols + n; it != ie; ++it) {
printf(" ");
if (!print_symbol(*it, buf)) { goto error; }
}
printf("\n");
goto out;
error:
ret = false;
out:
return ret;
}
bool print_solution(clingo_model_t const *model, model_buffer_t *data) {
bool ret = true;
uint64_t number;
char const *type_string = "";
// get model type
if (!clingo_model_type(model, &type)) { goto error; }
switch ((enum clingo_model_type)type) {
case clingo_model_type_stable_model: { type_string = "Stable model"; break; }
case clingo_model_type_brave_consequences: { type_string = "Brave consequences"; break; }
case clingo_model_type_cautious_consequences: { type_string = "Cautious consequences"; break; }
}
// get running number of model
if (!clingo_model_number(model, &number)) { goto error; }
printf("%s %" PRIu64 ":\n", type_string, number);
if (!print_model(model, data, " shown", clingo_show_type_shown)) { goto error; }
if (!print_model(model, data, " atoms", clingo_show_type_atoms)) { goto error; }
if (!print_model(model, data, " terms", clingo_show_type_terms)) { goto error; }
if (!print_model(model, data, " ~atoms", clingo_show_type_complement
| clingo_show_type_atoms)) { goto error; }
goto out;
error:
ret = false;
out:
return ret;
}
bool solve(clingo_control_t *ctl, model_buffer_t *data, clingo_solve_result_bitset_t *result) {
bool ret = true;
clingo_model_t const *model;
// get a solve handle
if (!clingo_control_solve(ctl, clingo_solve_mode_yield, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, &handle)) { goto error; }
// loop over all models
while (true) {
if (!clingo_solve_handle_resume(handle)) { goto error; }
if (!clingo_solve_handle_model(handle, &model)) { goto error; }
// print the model
if (model) { print_solution(model, data); }
// stop if there are no more models
else { break; }
}
// close the solve handle
if (!clingo_solve_handle_get(handle, result)) { goto error; }
goto out;
error:
ret = false;
out:
// free the solve handle
return clingo_solve_handle_close(handle) && ret;
}
int main(int argc, char const **argv) {
char const *error_message;
int ret = 0;
clingo_control_t *ctl = NULL;
clingo_part_t parts[] = {{ "base", NULL, 0 }};
model_buffer_t buf = {NULL, 0, NULL, 0};
// create a control object and pass command line arguments
if (!clingo_control_new(argv+1, argc-1, NULL, NULL, 20, &ctl) != 0) { goto error; }
// add a logic program to the base part
if (!clingo_control_add(ctl, "base", NULL, 0, "1 {a; b} 1. #show c : b. #show a/0.")) { goto error; }
// ground the base part
if (!clingo_control_ground(ctl, parts, 1, NULL, NULL)) { goto error; }
// solve
if (!solve(ctl, &buf, &solve_ret)) { goto error; }
goto out;
error:
if (!(error_message = clingo_error_message())) { error_message = "error"; }
printf("%s\n", error_message);
out:
free_model_buffer(&buf);
if (ctl) { clingo_control_free(ctl); }
return ret;
}