NAME

       PGASetCharacterAllele - sets the value of an allele in a PGA_DATATYPE_CHARACTER string.

INPUT PARAMETERS

       ctx    - context variable
       p      - string index
       pop    - symbolic constant of the population the string is in
       i      - allele index
       val    - character value to set the allele to

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       side   -effect.

SYNOPSIS

       #include "pgapack.h"
       void  PGASetCharacterAllele(ctx, p, pop, i, value)
       PGAContext *ctx
       int p
       int pop
       int i
       char value

LOCATION

       char.c

EXAMPLE

       Copies the alleles from member p in PGA_OLDPOP to member q in PGA_NEWPOP.
       Assumes the strings are of the same length.

       PGAContext *ctx;
       int p, q, i;
       :
       for (i=PGAGetStringLength(ctx)-1; i>=0; i--)
       PGASetCharacterAllele(ctx, q, PGA_NEWPOP, i,
       PGAGetCharacterAllele(ctx, p, PGA_OLDPOP, i))

                                             05/01/95                    PGASetCharacterAllele(1)