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# VecStrideGather
Gathers a single component from a multi-component vector into another vector.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscvec.h"
PetscErrorCode VecStrideGather(Vec v, PetscInt start, Vec s, InsertMode addv)
```
Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***v -*** the vector
- ***start -*** starting point of the subvector (defined by a stride)
- ***addv -*** one of `ADD_VALUES`, `INSERT_VALUES`, `MAX_VALUES`
## Output Parameter
- ***s -*** the location where the subvector is stored
## Notes
One must call `VecSetBlockSize()` before this routine to set the stride
information, or use a vector created from a multicomponent `DMDA`.
If x is the array representing the vector x then this gathers
the array (x[start],x[start+stride],x[start+2*stride], ....)
The parallel layout of the vector and the subvector must be the same;
i.e., nlocal of v = stride*(nlocal of s)
Not optimized; could be easily
## See Also
`Vec`, `VecStrideNorm()`, `VecStrideScatter()`, `VecStrideMin()`, `VecStrideMax()`, `VecStrideGatherAll()`,
`VecStrideScatterAll()`
## Level
advanced
## Location
src/vec/vec/utils/vinv.c
## Examples
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex12.c
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex12f.F90
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex16.c
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