e04nsf may be used to supply individual optional parameters to e04nqf. The initialization routine e04npf must have been called before calling e04nsf.

2 Specification

Fortran Interface

Subroutine e04nsf (

string, cw, iw, rw, ifail)

Integer, Intent (Inout)	::	iw(*), ifail
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Inout)	::	rw(*)
Character (*), Intent (In)	::	string
Character (8), Intent (InOut)	::	cw(*)

C Header Interface

#include <nag.h>

void	e04nsf_ (const char st, char cw[], Integer iw[], double rw[], Integer ifail, const Charlen length_st, const Charlen length_cw)

The routine may be called by the names e04nsf or nagf_opt_qpconvex2_sparse_option_string.

3 Description

e04nsf may be used to supply values for optional parameters to e04nqf. It is only necessary to call e04nsf for those arguments whose values are to be different from their default values. One call to e04nsf sets one argument value.

Each optional parameter is defined by a single character string, of up to

72

characters, consisting of one or more items. The items associated with a given option must be separated by spaces, or equals signs

[=]

. Alphabetic characters may be upper or lower case. The string

Print Level = 1

is an example of a string used to set an optional parameter. For each option the string contains one or more of the following items:

–a mandatory keyword;
–a phrase that qualifies the keyword;
–a number that specifies an integer or real value. Such numbers may be up to $40$ contiguous characters in Fortran's I, F, E or D formats, terminated by a space if this is not the last item on the line.

For e04nsf, each user-specified option is not normally printed as it is defined, but this printing may be turned on using the keyword List. Thus the statement

Call e04nsf ('List', cw, iw, rw, ifail)

turns on printing of this and subsequent options. Printing may be turned off again using the keyword Nolist.

Optional parameter settings are preserved following a call to e04nqf and so the keyword Defaults is provided to allow you to reset all the optional parameters to their default values before a subsequent call to e04nqf.

A complete list of optional parameters, their abbreviations, synonyms and default values is given in Section 12 in e04nqf.

4 References

None.

5 Arguments

1: $string$ – Character(*) Input: On entry: a single valid option string (see Section 3 in e04nsf and Section 12 in e04nqf).
2: $cw (*)$ – Character(8) array Communication Array: Note: the actual argument supplied must be the array cw supplied to the initialization routine e04npf.
3: $iw (*)$ – Integer array Communication Array: Note: the actual argument supplied must be the array iw supplied to the initialization routine e04npf.
4: $rw (*)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Communication Array: Note: the actual argument supplied must be the array rw supplied to the initialization routine e04npf.
5: $ifail$ – Integer Input/Output: On entry: ifail must be set to $0$ , $−1$ or $1$ to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of $0$ causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of $−1$ means that an error message is printed while a value of $1$ means that it is not.

If halting is not appropriate, the value $−1$ or $1$ is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, the value $0$ is recommended. When the value $- 1$ or $1$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit: $ifail = 0$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

ifail = 0

−1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$ifail = 1$: The initialization routine e04npf has not been called.

$ifail = 2$: The supplied option is invalid. Check that the keywords are neither ambiguous nor misspelt. The option string is ‘ $⟨ value ⟩$ ’.

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.