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# VecScatterPetscToFFTW
Copies a PETSc vector to the vector that goes into `MATFFTW` calls.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscmat.h"
#include "petscvec.h"
PetscErrorCode VecScatterPetscToFFTW(Mat A, Vec x, Vec y)
```
Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***A -*** FFTW matrix
- ***x -*** the PETSc vector
## Output Parameter
- ***y -*** the FFTW vector
## Note
For real parallel FFT, FFTW requires insertion of extra space at the end of last dimension. This required even when
one is not doing in-place transform. The last dimension size must be changed to 2*(dim[last]/2+1) to accommodate these extra
zeros. This routine does that job by scattering operation.
## See Also
[](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `MATFFTW`, `VecScatterFFTWToPetsc()`, `MatCreateVecsFFTW()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/mat/impls/fft/fftw/fftw.c
## Implementations
VecScatterPetscToFFTW_FFTW in src/mat/impls/fft/fftw/fftw.c
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