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# PetscPartitionerCreate
Creates an empty `PetscPartitioner` object. The type can then be set with `PetscPartitionerSetType()`.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscpartitioner.h"
PetscErrorCode PetscPartitionerCreate(MPI_Comm comm, PetscPartitioner *part)
```
Collective
## Input Parameter
- ***comm -*** The communicator for the `PetscPartitioner` object
## Output Parameter
- ***part -*** The `PetscPartitioner` object
## See Also
`PetscPartitionerSetType()`, `PetscPartitionerDestroy()`
## Level
beginner
## Location
src/dm/partitioner/interface/partitioner.c
## Implementations
PetscPartitionerCreate_Chaco in src/dm/partitioner/impls/chaco/partchaco.c
PetscPartitionerCreate_Gather in src/dm/partitioner/impls/gather/partgather.c
PetscPartitionerCreate_MatPartitioning in src/dm/partitioner/impls/matpart/partmatpart.c
PetscPartitionerCreate_ParMetis in src/dm/partitioner/impls/parmetis/partparmetis.c
PetscPartitionerCreate_PTScotch in src/dm/partitioner/impls/ptscotch/partptscotch.c
PetscPartitionerCreate_Shell in src/dm/partitioner/impls/shell/partshell.c
PetscPartitionerCreate_Simple in src/dm/partitioner/impls/simple/partsimple.c
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