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# MatDenseRestoreArrayWrite
returns access to the array where the data for a `MATDENSE` matrix is stored obtained by `MatDenseGetArrayWrite()`
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscmat.h"
PetscErrorCode MatDenseRestoreArrayWrite(Mat A, PetscScalar **array)
```
Not Collective; No Fortran Support
## Input Parameters
- ***mat -*** a dense matrix
- ***array -*** pointer to the data (may be `NULL`)
## See Also
[](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `MATDENSE`, `MatDenseGetArrayWrite()`, `MatDenseGetArray()`, `MatDenseRestoreArray()`, `MatDenseGetArrayRead()`, `MatDenseRestoreArrayRead()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/mat/impls/dense/seq/dense.c
## Examples
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex77.c
## Implementations
MatDenseRestoreArrayWrite_MPIDense in src/mat/impls/dense/mpi/mpidense.c
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