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# MatDenseRestoreColumnVecRead
Returns access to a column of a dense matrix obtained from MatDenseGetColumnVecRead().
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscmat.h"
PetscErrorCode MatDenseRestoreColumnVecRead(Mat A, PetscInt col, Vec *v)
```
Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***mat -*** the `Mat` object
- ***col -*** the column index
- ***v -*** the Vec object (may be `NULL`)
## See Also
[](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `MATDENSE`, `MATDENSECUDA`, `MATDENSEHIP`, `MatDenseGetColumnVec()`, `MatDenseGetColumnVecRead()`, `MatDenseGetColumnVecWrite()`, `MatDenseRestoreColumnVec()`, `MatDenseRestoreColumnVecWrite()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/mat/impls/dense/seq/dense.c
## Implementations
MatDenseRestoreColumnVecRead_MPIDense in src/mat/impls/dense/mpi/mpidense.c
MatDenseRestoreColumnVecRead_SeqDense in src/mat/impls/dense/seq/dense.c
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