NAME

       PGACreate  -  creates  an  uninitialized  context  variable.   The Fortran version of this
       function call contains only the last three arguments

INPUT PARAMETERS

       argc   - address of the count of the number of command line arguments.
       argv   - array of command line arguments.
       datatype
              - the data type  used  for  the  strings.   Must  be  one  of  PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY,
              PGA_DATATYPE_CHARACTER,       PGA_DATATYPE_INTEGER,      PGA_DATATYPE_REAL,      or
              PGA_DATATYPE_USER
       binary -valued, character-valued, integer-valued,
       real   -valued, or a user-defined datatype, respectively.
       len    - the string length (number of genes).
       maxormin
              - the direction of optimization. Must be one of PGA_MAXIMIZE  or  PGA_MINIMIZE  for
              maximization or minimization, respectively.

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       none

SYNOPSIS

       #include "pgapack.h"
       PGAContext * PGACreate(argc, argv, datatype, len, maxormin)
       int *argc
       char **argv
       int datatype
       int len
       int maxormin

LOCATION

       create.c

EXAMPLE

       Example:

       In C:
       void main(int argc, char **argv) {
       PGAContext *ctx;
       :
       ctx = PGACreate(&argc, argv, PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, 100, PGA_MAXIMIZE);
       :
       //  Set options here
       :
       PGASetUp(ctx);
       :
       //  Run the GA here
       :
       PGADestroy(ctx);
       }

       In FORTRAN:
       integer ctx
       :
       ctx = PGACreate(PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, 100, PGA_MAXIMIZE)
       :
       c       Set options here
       :
       call PGASetUp(ctx)
       :
       c       Run the GA here
       :
       call PGADestroy(ctx)
       stop
       end

                                             05/01/95                                PGACreate(8)