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# MatGetOwnershipIS
Get row and column ownership of a matrices' values as index sets. For most matrices, excluding `MATELEMENTAL` and `MATSCALAPACK`, this corresponds to values returned by `MatGetOwnershipRange()`, `MatGetOwnershipRangeColumn()`. For `MATELEMENTAL` and `MATSCALAPACK` the ownership is more complicated. See [Matrix Layouts](sec_matlayout) for details on matrix layouts.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscmat.h"
PetscErrorCode MatGetOwnershipIS(Mat A, IS *rows, IS *cols)
```
Not Collective
## Input Parameter
- ***A -*** matrix
## Output Parameters
- ***rows -*** rows in which this process owns elements, , use `NULL` to not obtain this value
- ***cols -*** columns in which this process owns elements, use `NULL` to not obtain this value
## See Also
[](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `MatGetOwnershipRange()`, `MatGetOwnershipRangeColumn()`, `MatSetValues()`, ``MATELEMENTAL``, ``MATSCALAPACK``
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/mat/interface/matrix.c
## Examples
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex76.c
## Implementations
MatGetOwnershipIS_Elemental in src/mat/impls/elemental/matelem.cxx
MatGetOwnershipIS_ScaLAPACK in src/mat/impls/scalapack/matscalapack.c
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