This example uses the ILOG CPLEX Callable Library query routine CPXgetcolname() to get the column names from a problem object. To do so, it applies the programming pattern we just described in Using Surplus Arguments for Array Allocations. It derives from the example lpex2.c, explained in the manual ILOG CPLEX Getting Started manual. This query-routine example differs from that simpler example in several ways:

• The example calls CPXgetcolname() twice after optimization: the first call determines how much space to allocate to hold the names; the second call gets the names and stores them in the arrays cur_colname and cur_colnamestore.
• When the example prints its answer, it uses the names as stored in cur_colname. If no names exist there, the example creates generic names.

This example assumes that the current problem has been read from a file by CPXreadcopyprob(). You can adapt the example to use other ILOG CPLEX query routines to get information about any problem read from a file.