.TH PGAMutate 3 "05/01/95" " " "PGAPack"
.SH NAME
PGAMutate \- This routine performs mutation on a string.  
.SH DESCRIPTION
The type of mutation
depends on the data type.  Refer to the user guide for data-specific
examples.
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
ctx
- context variable
.PD 0
.TP
p
- index of string to mutate
.PD 0
.TP
pop
- symbolic constant of the population containing p
.PD 1
.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
none

.PD 1
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include "pgapack.h"
int  PGAMutate(ctx, p, pop)
PGAContext *ctx
int p
int pop
.fi
.SH LOCATION
mutation.c
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
Example:
Mutate the best string in the population, until 10 or more mutations
have occured.

PGAContext *ctx;
int p, count = 0;
:
p = PGAGetBestIndex(ctx, PGA_NEWPOP);
while (count < 10) {
count += PGAMutate(ctx, p, PGA_NEWPOP);
}

.fi