.TH PGASetCharacterAllele 1 "05/01/95" " " "PGAPack"
.SH NAME
PGASetCharacterAllele \- sets the value of an allele in a
PGA_DATATYPE_CHARACTER string.
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
ctx
- context variable
.PD 0
.TP
p
- string index
.PD 0
.TP
pop
- symbolic constant of the population the string is in
.PD 0
.TP
i
- allele index
.PD 0
.TP
val
- character value to set the allele to
.PD 1
.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
side
-effect.
.PD 1
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include "pgapack.h"
void  PGASetCharacterAllele(ctx, p, pop, i, value)
PGAContext *ctx
int p
int pop
int i
char value
.fi
.SH LOCATION
char.c
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
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))

.fi