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

The example shows how to solve in the background.

Output (approximately)

./solve-async 0
pi = 3.
1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944
5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647
0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559
6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165
2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273
7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360
0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094 3305727036 5759591953
0921861173 8193261179 3105118548 0744623799 6274956735 1885752724
8912279381 8301194912 ...

Code

#ifndef WIN32
#include <clingo.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdatomic.h>
#include <assert.h>
bool print_model(clingo_model_t *model) {
bool ret = true;
clingo_symbol_t *atoms = NULL;
size_t atoms_n;
clingo_symbol_t const *it, *ie;
char *str = NULL;
size_t str_n = 0;
// determine the number of (shown) symbols in the model
if (!clingo_model_symbols_size(model, clingo_show_type_shown, &atoms_n)) { goto error; }
// allocate required memory to hold all the symbols
if (!(atoms = (clingo_symbol_t*)malloc(sizeof(*atoms) * atoms_n))) {
clingo_set_error(clingo_error_bad_alloc, "could not allocate memory for atoms");
goto error;
}
// retrieve the symbols in the model
if (!clingo_model_symbols(model, clingo_show_type_shown, atoms, atoms_n)) { goto error; }
printf("Model:");
for (it = atoms, ie = atoms + atoms_n; it != ie; ++it) {
size_t n;
char *str_new;
// determine size of the string representation of the next symbol in the model
if (!clingo_symbol_to_string_size(*it, &n)) { goto error; }
if (str_n < n) {
// allocate required memory to hold the symbol's string
if (!(str_new = (char*)realloc(str, sizeof(*str) * n))) {
clingo_set_error(clingo_error_bad_alloc, "could not allocate memory for symbol's string");
goto error;
}
str = str_new;
str_n = n;
}
// retrieve the symbol's string
if (!clingo_symbol_to_string(*it, str, n)) { goto error; }
printf(" %s", str);
}
printf("\n");
goto out;
error:
ret = false;
out:
if (atoms) { free(atoms); }
if (str) { free(str); }
return ret;
}
bool on_event(clingo_solve_event_type_t type, void *event, void *data, bool *goon) {
(void)type;
(void)event;
(void)goon; // this is true by default
atomic_flag *running = (atomic_flag*)data;
atomic_flag_clear(running);
}
return true;
}
int main(int argc, char const **argv) {
char const *error_message;
int ret = 0;
atomic_flag running = ATOMIC_FLAG_INIT;
uint64_t samples = 0;
uint64_t incircle = 0;
uint64_t x, y;
clingo_control_t *ctl = NULL;
clingo_solve_handle_t *handle = NULL;
clingo_part_t parts[] = {{ "base", 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, "#const n = 17."
"1 { p(X); q(X) } 1 :- X = 1..n."
":- not n+1 { p(1..n); q(1..n) }.")) { goto error; }
// ground the base part
if (!clingo_control_ground(ctl, parts, 1, NULL, NULL)) { goto error; }
atomic_flag_test_and_set(&running);
// create a solve handle with an attached vent handler
if (!clingo_control_solve(ctl, clingo_solve_mode_async | clingo_solve_mode_yield, NULL, 0, on_event, &running, &handle)) { goto error; }
// let's approximate pi
while (atomic_flag_test_and_set(&running)) {
++samples;
x = rand();
y = rand();
if (x * x + y * y <= (uint64_t)RAND_MAX * RAND_MAX) { incircle+= 1; }
}
printf("pi = %g\n", 4.0*incircle/samples);
// get the solve result
if (!clingo_solve_handle_get(handle, &solve_ret)) { goto error; }
goto out;
error:
if (!(error_message = clingo_error_message())) { error_message = "error"; }
printf("%s\n", error_message);
out:
// close the handle
if (handle) { clingo_solve_handle_close(handle); }
if (ctl) { clingo_control_free(ctl); }
return ret;
}
#else
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char const **argv) {
printf("example requires c11, which is not available on windows");
return 0;
}
#endif