# Dynamic generation of constraints

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dynamic-generation-of-constraints/4107>\
**Category:** Optimization (Mathematical)\
**Created:** [June 6, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dynamic-generation-of-constraints/4107 "2017-06-06T14:04:39Z")\
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Nope. JuMP doesn’t have a concept of base sets like in AMPL. The syntax `@constraint(model, mycons[i in 1:2], x[i] >= 1)` is just a convenient way of writing the `for` loop:

```julia
@constraintref mycons[1:2]
for i in 1:2 mycons[i] = @constraint(model, x[i] >= 1)

```

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