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# PetscBagView
Views a bag of values as either ASCII text or a binary file
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscbag.h"
PetscErrorCode PetscBagView(PetscBag bag, PetscViewer view)
```
Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***bag -*** the bag of values
- ***viewer -*** location to view the values
## Note
Currently PETSc bags saved in a binary file can only be read back
in on a machine with the same binary format.
## See Also
`PetscBag`, `PetscBagSetName()`, `PetscBagDestroy()`, `PetscBagLoad()`, `PetscBagGetData()`
`PetscBagRegisterReal()`, `PetscBagRegisterInt()`, `PetscBagRegisterBool()`, `PetscBagRegisterScalar()`, `PetscBagRegisterEnum()`
`PetscBagSetFromOptions()`, `PetscBagCreate()`, `PetscBagGetName()`
## Level
beginner
## Location
src/sys/classes/bag/bag.c
## Examples
src/dm/tutorials/ex7.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex17.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex62.c
src/sys/tutorials/ex5.c
src/sys/tutorials/ex5f90.F90
src/ts/tutorials/ex53.c
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