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# MatPartitioningCreate
Creates a partitioning context. 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscmat.h" 
PetscErrorCode MatPartitioningCreate(MPI_Comm comm, MatPartitioning *newp)
```
Collective


## Input Parameter

- ***comm -*** MPI communicator



## Output Parameter

- ***newp -*** location to put the context





## See Also
 [](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `MatPartitioning`, `MatPartitioningSetType()`, `MatPartitioningApply()`, `MatPartitioningDestroy()`,
`MatPartitioningSetAdjacency()`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/partition/partition.c.html#MatPartitioningCreate">src/mat/partition/partition.c</A>

## Examples
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex64.c.html">src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex64.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/tutorials/ex11.c.html">src/mat/tutorials/ex11.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/tutorials/ex15.c.html">src/mat/tutorials/ex15.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/tutorials/ex15f.F90.html">src/mat/tutorials/ex15f.F90</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/tutorials/ex17.c.html">src/mat/tutorials/ex17.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/tutorials/ex17f.F90.html">src/mat/tutorials/ex17f.F90</A><BR>

## Implementations

<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/partition/impls/chaco/chaco.c.html#MatPartitioningCreate_Chaco">MatPartitioningCreate_Chaco in src/mat/partition/impls/chaco/chaco.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/partition/impls/hierarchical/hierarchical.c.html#MatPartitioningCreate_Hierarchical">MatPartitioningCreate_Hierarchical in src/mat/partition/impls/hierarchical/hierarchical.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/partition/impls/party/party.c.html#MatPartitioningCreate_Party">MatPartitioningCreate_Party in src/mat/partition/impls/party/party.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/partition/impls/pmetis/pmetis.c.html#MatPartitioningCreate_Parmetis">MatPartitioningCreate_Parmetis in src/mat/partition/impls/pmetis/pmetis.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/partition/impls/scotch/scotch.c.html#MatPartitioningCreate_PTScotch">MatPartitioningCreate_PTScotch in src/mat/partition/impls/scotch/scotch.c</A><BR>


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