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# ISBlockGetSize
Returns the global number of blocks in parallel in the index set of `ISType` `ISBLOCK`
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscis.h"
PetscErrorCode ISBlockGetSize(IS is, PetscInt *size)
```
Not Collective
## Input Parameter
- ***is -*** the index set
## Output Parameter
- ***size -*** the global number of blocks
## See Also
[](sec_scatter), `IS`, `ISGetBlockSize()`, `ISBlockGetLocalSize()`, `ISGetSize()`, `ISCreateBlock()`, `ISBLOCK`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/vec/is/is/impls/block/block.c
## Implementations
ISBlockGetSize_Block in src/vec/is/is/impls/block/block.c
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