Excel Solver: What is "relation"?

[Jaymond Flurrie]

For anyone using Solver this should be an easy one to explain: What does "relation" mean? I see that people uses it in codes thru Internet as some seemingly random integer, but how do I know if in my code it should be 1 or 4 or 4312?

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

From:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843304

Relation is the arithmetic relationship between the left and the right sides of a constraint.
Relation can be a value between 1 and 5 as in the following example:

• The value 1 is less than or equal to (<=).
• The vaue 2 is equal to (=).
• The value 3 is greater than or equal to (>=).
• The value 4 is an integer.
• The value 5 is the binary (a value of zero or one).

 

[Jaymond Flurrie]

From:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843304

Relation is the arithmetic relationship between the left and the right sides of a constraint.
Relation can be a value between 1 and 5 as in the following example:

• The value 1 is less than or equal to (<=).
• The vaue 2 is equal to (=).
• The value 3 is greater than or equal to (>=).
• The value 4 is an integer.
• The value 5 is the binary (a value of zero or one).

Oh, ok. This actually clears the idea quite a lot, thanks!