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# DMDAGetElementsSizes
Gets the local number of elements per direction for the non-overlapping decomposition identified by `DMDAGetElements()`
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscdmda.h"
PetscErrorCode DMDAGetElementsSizes(DM da, PetscInt *mx, PetscInt *my, PetscInt *mz)
```
Not Collective
## Input Parameter
- ***da -*** the `DMDA` object
## Output Parameters
- ***mx -*** number of local elements in x-direction
- ***my -*** number of local elements in y-direction
- ***mz -*** number of local elements in z-direction
## Note
It returns the same number of elements, irrespective of the `DMDAElementType`
## See Also
`DM`, `DMDA`, `DMDAElementType`, `DMDASetElementType()`, `DMDAGetElements`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/dm/impls/da/dagetelem.c
## Examples
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex42.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex43.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex49.c
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