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# <ConsistencyModule:> atmost(?N, +Vars, +V)

At most N elements of Vars have the value V.

N
  An integer or (domain) variable (array notation accepted)
+Vars
  A collection (a la collection_to_list/2) of (domain) variables or integers
V
  An integer.

## Description

This constraint ensures that at most N element of Vars have the value V.

This constraint is a specialisation of the more general count/4 constraint, with the (#=<) relation, i.e. the occurrences of V is less than or equal to N. Note that the order in which N and V occur in the constraint are swapped with respect to occurrences/3 and count/4; this is for compatibility with the argument order in IC.

ConsistencyModule is the optional module specification to give the consistency level for the propagation for this constraint: gfd_gac for domain (generalised arc) consistency. Note that if V is a domain variable, then the propagation is weak, achieving neither domain or bound consistency until V becomes ground.

This constraint is also known as atmost in the global constraint catalog, where N is restricted to an integer; the more general count/4 constraint is also known as count in the global constraint catalog, and the constraint is implemented using Gecode's count() constraint.

### Fail Conditions

Fails if more than N elements of Vars can be instantiated to V.

## Examples

    [eclipse 33]: atmost(N,  [3, 5, 1, 4, 1, 3], 1).

    N = N{[2 .. 6]}

    [eclipse 34]: N :: [3,5], atmost(N, [3,A,3,5,3,3], 3).

    N = 5
    A = A{[-1000000 .. 1000000]}

    [eclipse 35]:  N :: [3,6], atmost(N, [3,A,3,5,3,3], 3).

    N = 6
    A = A{[-1000000 .. 1000000]}

    [eclipse 36]: N::[1..3], atmost(N, [3,4,2,3,1], 3).

    N = N{[2, 3]}

## See Also

ic_symbolic : atmost / 3, fd_global : atmost / 3, ic_global : atmost / 3, fd : atmost / 3, count / 4, atleast / 3, element / 3, occurrences / 3, eclipse_6 : collection_to_list / 2, lists : collection_to_list / 2