petsc-3.12.5 2020-03-29
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PetscOptionsFindPair

Gets an option name-value pair from the options database.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode PetscOptionsFindPair(PetscOptions options,const char pre[],const char name[],const char *value[],PetscBool *set)
Not Collective

Input Parameters

options - options database, use NULL for the default global database
pre - the string to prepend to the name or NULL, this SHOULD NOT have the "-" prepended
name - name of option, this SHOULD have the "-" prepended

Output Parameters

value - the option value (optional, not used for all options)
set - whether the option is set (optional)

Notes

Each process may find different values or no value depending on how options were inserted into the database

See Also

PetscOptionsSetValue(), PetscOptionsClearValue()

Level

developer

Location

src/sys/objects/options.c
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