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[home](README.md) | [boolean logic](boolean_logic.md) | [integer arithmetic](integer_arithmetic.md) | [channeling constraints](channeling.md) | [scheduling](scheduling.md) | [Using the CP-SAT solver](solver.md) | [Model manipulation](model.md) | [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md) | [Python API](https://or-tools.github.io/docs/pdoc/ortools/sat/python/cp_model.html)
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# Using the CP-SAT solver
https://developers.google.com/optimization/cp/cp_solver
## Documentation structure
This document presents modeling recipes for the CP-SAT solver.
Code samples are given in C++, Python, Java, C#, and Go. Each language has
different requirements for the code samples.
## Searching for one (optimal) solution of a CP-SAT model
By default, searching for one solution will return the first solution found if
the model has no objective, or the optimal solution if the model has an
objective.
### Python code samples
The Python interface to the CP-SAT solver is implemented using two classes.
* The **CpModel** class proposes modeling methods that creates variables, or
add constraints. This class completely hides the underlying *CpModelProto*
used to store the model.
* The **CpSolver** class encapsulates the solve API and offers helpers to
access the solution found by the solve.
```python
# Snippet from ortools/sat/samples/simple_sat_program.py
"""Simple solve."""
from ortools.sat.python import cp_model
def simple_sat_program():
"""Minimal CP-SAT example to showcase calling the solver."""
# Creates the model.
model = cp_model.CpModel()
# Creates the variables.
num_vals = 3
x = model.new_int_var(0, num_vals - 1, 'x')
y = model.new_int_var(0, num_vals - 1, 'y')
z = model.new_int_var(0, num_vals - 1, 'z')
# Creates the constraints.
model.add(x != y)
# Creates a solver and solves the model.
solver = cp_model.CpSolver()
status = solver.solve(model)
if status == cp_model.OPTIMAL or status == cp_model.FEASIBLE:
print(f'x = {solver.value(x)}')
print(f'y = {solver.value(y)}')
print(f'z = {solver.value(z)}')
else:
print('No solution found.')
simple_sat_program()
```
### C++ code samples
The interface to the C++ CP-SAT solver is implemented through the
**CpModelBuilder** class described in
*ortools/sat/cp_model.h*. This class is just a helper to
fill in the cp_model protobuf.
Calling Solve() method will return a CpSolverResponse protobuf that contains the
solve status, the values for each variable in the model if solve was successful,
and some metrics.
```cpp
// Snippet from ortools/sat/samples/simple_sat_program.cc
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "ortools/base/init_google.h"
#include "ortools/base/logging.h"
#include "absl/base/log_severity.h"
#include "absl/log/globals.h"
#include "ortools/sat/cp_model.h"
#include "ortools/sat/cp_model.pb.h"
#include "ortools/sat/cp_model_solver.h"
#include "ortools/util/sorted_interval_list.h"
namespace operations_research {
namespace sat {
void SimpleSatProgram() {
CpModelBuilder cp_model;
const Domain domain(0, 2);
const IntVar x = cp_model.NewIntVar(domain).WithName("x");
const IntVar y = cp_model.NewIntVar(domain).WithName("y");
const IntVar z = cp_model.NewIntVar(domain).WithName("z");
cp_model.AddNotEqual(x, y);
// Solving part.
const CpSolverResponse response = Solve(cp_model.Build());
if (response.status() == CpSolverStatus::OPTIMAL ||
response.status() == CpSolverStatus::FEASIBLE) {
// Get the value of x in the solution.
LOG(INFO) << "x = " << SolutionIntegerValue(response, x);
LOG(INFO) << "y = " << SolutionIntegerValue(response, y);
LOG(INFO) << "z = " << SolutionIntegerValue(response, z);
} else {
LOG(INFO) << "No solution found.";
}
}
} // namespace sat
} // namespace operations_research
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
InitGoogle(argv[0], &argc, &argv, true);
absl::SetStderrThreshold(absl::LogSeverityAtLeast::kInfo);
operations_research::sat::SimpleSatProgram();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
```
### Java code samples
The Java code implements the same interface as the Python code, with a
**CpModel** and a **CpSolver** class.
```java
// Snippet from ortools/sat/samples/SimpleSatProgram.java
package com.google.ortools.sat.samples;
import com.google.ortools.Loader;
import com.google.ortools.sat.CpSolverStatus;
import com.google.ortools.sat.CpModel;
import com.google.ortools.sat.CpSolver;
import com.google.ortools.sat.IntVar;
/** Minimal CP-SAT example to showcase calling the solver. */
public final class SimpleSatProgram {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Loader.loadNativeLibraries();
// Create the model.
CpModel model = new CpModel();
// Create the variables.
int numVals = 3;
IntVar x = model.newIntVar(0, numVals - 1, "x");
IntVar y = model.newIntVar(0, numVals - 1, "y");
IntVar z = model.newIntVar(0, numVals - 1, "z");
// Create the constraints.
model.addDifferent(x, y);
// Create a solver and solve the model.
CpSolver solver = new CpSolver();
CpSolverStatus status = solver.solve(model);
if (status == CpSolverStatus.OPTIMAL || status == CpSolverStatus.FEASIBLE) {
System.out.println("x = " + solver.value(x));
System.out.println("y = " + solver.value(y));
System.out.println("z = " + solver.value(z));
} else {
System.out.println("No solution found.");
}
}
private SimpleSatProgram() {}
}
```
### C\# code samples
The C\# code implements the same interface as the Python code, with a
**CpModel** and a **CpSolver** class.
```csharp
// Snippet from ortools/sat/samples/SimpleSatProgram.cs
using System;
using Google.OrTools.Sat;
public class SimpleSatProgram
{
static void Main()
{
// Creates the model.
CpModel model = new CpModel();
// Creates the variables.
int num_vals = 3;
IntVar x = model.NewIntVar(0, num_vals - 1, "x");
IntVar y = model.NewIntVar(0, num_vals - 1, "y");
IntVar z = model.NewIntVar(0, num_vals - 1, "z");
// Creates the constraints.
model.Add(x != y);
// Creates a solver and solves the model.
CpSolver solver = new CpSolver();
CpSolverStatus status = solver.Solve(model);
if (status == CpSolverStatus.Optimal || status == CpSolverStatus.Feasible)
{
Console.WriteLine("x = " + solver.Value(x));
Console.WriteLine("y = " + solver.Value(y));
Console.WriteLine("z = " + solver.Value(z));
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No solution found.");
}
}
}
```
### Go code samples
The interface to the CP-SAT solver is implemented through the **CpModelBuilder**
described in the package **cpmodel** in
*ortools/sat/go/cp_model.go*. This class is a helper to fill
in the cp_model protobuf.
Also within the **cpmodel** package is
*ortools/sat/go/cp_model.go* which provides functions to
solve the model along with helpers to access the solution found by the solver.
```go
// Snippet from ortools/sat/samples/simple_sat_program.go
// The simple_sat_program command is an example of a simple sat program.
package main
import (
"fmt"
log "github.com/golang/glog"
"github.com/google/or-tools/ortools/sat/go/cpmodel"
cmpb "github.com/google/or-tools/ortools/sat/proto/cpmodel"
)
func simpleSatProgram() error {
model := cpmodel.NewCpModelBuilder()
domain := cpmodel.NewDomain(0, 2)
x := model.NewIntVarFromDomain(domain).WithName("x")
y := model.NewIntVarFromDomain(domain).WithName("y")
z := model.NewIntVarFromDomain(domain).WithName("z")
model.AddNotEqual(x, y)
m, err := model.Model()
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to instantiate the CP model: %w", err)
}
response, err := cpmodel.SolveCpModel(m)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to solve the model: %w", err)
}
switch response.GetStatus() {
case cmpb.CpSolverStatus_OPTIMAL, cmpb.CpSolverStatus_FEASIBLE:
fmt.Printf("x = %d\n", cpmodel.SolutionIntegerValue(response, x))
fmt.Printf("y = %d\n", cpmodel.SolutionIntegerValue(response, y))
fmt.Printf("z = %d\n", cpmodel.SolutionIntegerValue(response, z))
default:
fmt.Println("No solution found.")
}
return nil
}
func main() {
if err := simpleSatProgram(); err != nil {
log.Exitf("simpleSatProgram returned with error: %v", err)
}
}
```