PetscRandomSetType#

Builds a context for generating a particular type of random numbers.

Synopsis#

#include "petscsys.h" 
PetscErrorCode PetscRandomSetType(PetscRandom rnd, PetscRandomType type)

Collective

Input Parameters#

rnd - The random number generator context
type - The name of the random type

Options Database Key#

-random_type - Sets the random type; use -help for a list of available types

Note#

See PetscRandomType for available random types (for instance, PETSCRAND48, PETSCRAND).

See Also#

PetscRandom, PetscRandomType, PetscRandomGetType(), PetscRandomCreate()

Level#

intermediate

Location#

src/sys/classes/random/interface/randreg.c

Examples#

src/snes/tutorials/ex7.c

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