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# ISCreateBlock
Creates a data structure for an index set containing a list of integers. Each integer represents a fixed block size set of indices.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscis.h"
PetscErrorCode ISCreateBlock(MPI_Comm comm, PetscInt bs, PetscInt n, const PetscInt idx[], PetscCopyMode mode, IS *is)
```
Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***comm -*** the MPI communicator
- ***bs -*** number of elements in each block
- ***n -*** the length of the index set (the number of blocks)
- ***idx -*** the list of integers, one for each block, the integers contain the index of the first entry of each block divided by the block size
- ***mode -*** see `PetscCopyMode`, only `PETSC_COPY_VALUES` and `PETSC_OWN_POINTER` are supported in this routine
## Output Parameter
- ***is -*** the new index set
## Notes
When the communicator is not `MPI_COMM_SELF`, the operations on the
index sets, `IS`, are NOT conceptually the same as `MPI_Group` operations.
The index sets are then distributed sets of indices and thus certain operations
on them are collective.
The routine `ISBlockSetIndices()` can be used to provide the indices to a preexisting block `IS`
## Example
If you wish to index the values {0,1,6,7}, then use
a block size of 2 and idx of {0,3}.
## See Also
[](sec_scatter), `IS`, `ISCreateStride()`, `ISCreateGeneral()`, `ISAllGather()`, `ISBlockSetIndices()`, `ISBLOCK`, `ISGENERAL`
## Level
beginner
## Location
src/vec/is/is/impls/block/block.c
## Examples
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex71.c
src/vec/is/is/tutorials/ex3.c
src/vec/is/is/tutorials/ex3f90.F90
src/vec/vec/utils/tagger/tutorials/ex1.c
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[Index of all IS routines](index.md)
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