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# DMSwarmRestoreField
Restore access to the underlying array storing all entries associated with a registered field
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscdmswarm.h"
PetscErrorCode DMSwarmRestoreField(DM dm, const char fieldname[], PetscInt *blocksize, PetscDataType *type, void **data)
```
Not Collective
## Input parameters
- ***dm -*** a `DMSWARM`
- ***fieldname -*** the textual name to identify this field
## Output parameters
- ***blocksize -*** the number of each data type
- ***type -*** the data type
- ***data -*** pointer to raw array
## Notes
The user must call `DMSwarmGetField()` prior to calling `DMSwarmRestoreField()`.
## See Also
`DM`, `DMSWARM`, `DMSwarmGetField()`
## Level
beginner
## Location
src/dm/impls/swarm/swarm.c
## Examples
src/dm/impls/swarm/tutorials/ex1.c
src/dm/impls/swarm/tutorials/ex1f90.F90
src/dm/tutorials/ex21.c
src/dm/tutorials/swarm_ex1.c
src/dm/tutorials/swarm_ex2.c
src/dm/tutorials/swarm_ex3.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex70.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex63.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex77.c
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