Count the number of combinations the algorithm tries

[ayushi-ddt]

Is there a way to count the number of combinations that the algorithm is trying when finding the optimal solution?

[ahmedfgad]

@ayushi-ddt, you can set save_solutions=True in the constructor of the pygad.GA class. This saves every individual solution the algorithm explored into the instance attribute solutions. After the algorithm finishes, you can count the number of solutions there:

ga_instance = pygad.GA(..., save_solutions=True)
print(ga_instance.solutions.shape())