petsc-3.13.6 2020-09-29

VecSetType

Builds a vector, for a particular vector implementation.

#include "petscvec.h"  
PetscErrorCode VecSetType(Vec vec, VecType method)

Collective on Vec

	vec	- The vector object
	method	- The name of the vector type

-vec_type <type> -Sets the vector type; use -help for a list of available types

See "petsc/include/petscvec.h" for available vector types (for instance, VECSEQ, VECMPI, or VECSHARED).

Use VecDuplicate() or VecDuplicateVecs() to form additional vectors of the same type as an existing vector.

intermediate