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# PCShellGetContext
Returns the user-provided context associated with a shell `PC`
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscpc.h"
PetscErrorCode PCShellGetContext(PC pc, void *ctx)
```
Not Collective
## Input Parameter
- ***pc -*** of type `PCSHELL` created with `PCSetType`(pc,shell)
## Output Parameter
- ***ctx -*** the user provided context
## Note
This routine is intended for use within various shell routines
## Fortran Note
To use this from Fortran you must write a Fortran interface definition for this
function that tells Fortran the Fortran derived data type that you are passing in as the ctx argument.
## See Also
`PCSHELL`, `PCShellSetContext()`
## Level
advanced
## Location
src/ksp/pc/impls/shell/shellpc.c
## Examples
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex15.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex60.c
src/tao/pde_constrained/tutorials/hyperbolic.c
src/tao/pde_constrained/tutorials/parabolic.c
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