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# DMGetCoordinatesLocal
Gets a local vector with the coordinates associated with the `DM`.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscdm.h"
PetscErrorCode DMGetCoordinatesLocal(DM dm, Vec *c)
```
Collective the first time it is called
## Input Parameter
- ***dm -*** the `DM`
## Output Parameter
- ***c -*** coordinate vector
## Notes
This is a borrowed reference, so the user should NOT destroy this vector
Each process has the local and ghost coordinates
For `DMDA`, in two and three dimensions coordinates are interlaced (x_0,y_0,x_1,y_1,...)
and (x_0,y_0,z_0,x_1,y_1,z_1...)
## See Also
`DM`, `DMSetCoordinatesLocal()`, `DMGetCoordinates()`, `DMSetCoordinates()`, `DMGetCoordinateDM()`, `DMGetCoordinatesLocalNoncollective()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/dm/interface/dmcoordinates.c
## Examples
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex11.c
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex8.c
src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex1.c
src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex3.c
src/dm/tutorials/ex13f90.F90
src/dm/tutorials/ex3.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex42.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex43.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex49.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex69.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex70.c
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