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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=4><B><A NAME="htoc313">8.3</A></B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><FONT SIZE=4><B>Initial value constraints</B></FONT></TD>
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<LI><A HREF="manual057.html#toc258"> <TT>fd_domain/3</TT>,
<TT>fd_domain_bool/1</TT></A>
<LI><A HREF="manual057.html#toc259"> <TT>fd_domain/2</TT></A>
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<TR><TD><B><A NAME="htoc314">8.3.1</A></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><B><TT>fd_domain/3</TT>,
<TT>fd_domain_bool/1</TT></B></TD>
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<B>Templates</B>
<DL COMPACT=compact><DT><DD><TT>
fd_domain(+fd_variable_list_or_fd_variable, +integer,
+integer)<BR>
fd_domain(?fd_variable, +integer, +integer)<BR>
fd_domain_bool(+fd_variable_list)<BR>
fd_domain_bool(?fd_variable)</TT></DL>
<B>Description</B><BR>
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<TT>fd_domain(Vars, Lower, Upper)</TT> constraints each element <TT>X</TT>
of <TT>Vars</TT> to take a value in <TT>Lower..Upper</TT>. This
predicate is generally used to set the initial domain of variables to an
interval. <TT>Vars</TT> can be also a single FD variable (or a single Prolog
variable).<BR>
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<TT>fd_domain_bool(Vars)</TT> is equivalent to <TT>fd_domain(Vars, 0,
1)</TT> and is used to declare boolean FD variables.<BR>
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<B>Errors</B><BR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Vars</TT> is not a variable but is a partial list</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Vars</TT> is neither a variable nor an FD variable nor an
integer nor a list</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(list, Vars)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left>an element <TT>E</TT> of the <TT>Vars</TT> list is neither a
variable nor an FD variable nor an integer</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(fd_variable, E)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Lower</TT> is a variable</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Lower</TT> is neither a variable nor an integer</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(integer, Lower)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Upper</TT> is a variable</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Upper</TT> is neither a variable nor an integer</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(integer, Upper)</TT></TD>
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<B>Portability</B><BR>
<BR>
GNU Prolog predicate.<BR>
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<TR><TD><B><A NAME="htoc315">8.3.2</A></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=center><TT><B>fd_domain/2</B></TT></TD>
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<B>Templates</B>
<DL COMPACT=compact><DT><DD><TT>
fd_domain(+fd_variable_list, +integer_list)<BR>
fd_domain(?fd_variable, +integer_list)</TT></DL>
<B>Description</B><BR>
<BR>
<TT>fd_domain(Vars, Values)</TT> constraints each element <TT>X</TT> of the
list <TT>Vars</TT> to take a value in the list <TT>Values</TT>. This
predicate is generally used to set the initial domain of variables to a set
of values. The domain of each variable of <TT>Vars</TT> uses a sparse
representation. <TT>Vars</TT> can be also a single FD variable (or a single
Prolog variable).<BR>
<BR>
<B>Errors</B><BR>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Vars</TT> is not a variable but is a partial list</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR=black COLSPAN=3><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=1><TR><TD></TD></TR></TABLE></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Vars</TT> is neither a variable nor an FD variable nor an
integer nor a list</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(list, Vars)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left>an element <TT>E</TT> of the <TT>Vars</TT> list is neither a
variable nor an FD variable nor an integer</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(fd_variable, E)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Values</TT> is a partial list or a list with an element
<TT>E</TT> which is a variable</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>instantiation_error</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD BGCOLOR=black COLSPAN=3><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=1><TR><TD></TD></TR></TABLE></TD>
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<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>Values</TT> is neither a partial list nor a list</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(list, Values)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD BGCOLOR=black COLSPAN=3><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=1><TR><TD></TD></TR></TABLE></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left>an element <TT>E</TT> of the <TT>Values</TT> list is neither a
variable nor an integer</TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=center NOWRAP> </TD>
<TD VALIGN=top ALIGN=left><TT>type_error(integer, E)</TT></TD>
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<TR><TD BGCOLOR=black COLSPAN=3><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=1><TR><TD></TD></TR></TABLE></TD>
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<B>Portability</B><BR>
<BR>
GNU Prolog predicate.<BR>
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