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# MatPartitioningSetUseEdgeWeights
Set a flag to indicate whether or not to use edge weights.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscmat.h"
PetscErrorCode MatPartitioningSetUseEdgeWeights(MatPartitioning part, PetscBool use_edge_weights)
```
Logically Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***part -*** the partitioning context
- ***use_edge_weights -*** the flag indicateing whether or not to use edge weights. By default no edge weights will be used,
that is, use_edge_weights is set to FALSE. If set use_edge_weights to TRUE, users need to make sure legal
edge weights are stored in an ADJ matrix.
## Options Database Key
- ***-mat_partitioning_use_edge_weights -*** (true or false)
## See Also
[](ch_matrices), `Mat`, `MatPartitioning`, `MatPartitioningCreate()`, `MatPartitioningSetType()`, `MatPartitioningSetVertexWeights()`, `MatPartitioningSetPartitionWeights()`
## Level
beginner
## Location
src/mat/partition/partition.c
## Examples
src/mat/tutorials/ex15.c
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