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# MATSCATTER
"scatter" - A matrix type that simply applies a `VecScatterBegin()` and `VecScatterEnd()` to perform `MatMult()` 


## See Also
 [](ch_matrices), `Mat`, ``MATSCATTER`, MatCreateScatter()`, `MatScatterSetVecScatter()`, `MatScatterGetVecScatter()`

## Level
advanced

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/impls/scatter/mscatter.c.html#MATSCATTER">src/mat/impls/scatter/mscatter.c</A>


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