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# PetscSplitOwnership
Given a global (or local) length determines a local (or global) length via a simple formula 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscsys.h" 
PetscErrorCode PetscSplitOwnership(MPI_Comm comm, PetscInt *n, PetscInt *N)
```
Collective (if `n` or `N` is `PETSC_DECIDE`)


## Input Parameters

- ***comm -*** MPI communicator that shares the object being divided
- ***n -*** local length (or `PETSC_DECIDE` to have it set)
- ***N -*** global length (or `PETSC_DECIDE`)





## Notes
`n` and `N` cannot be both `PETSC_DECIDE`

If one processor calls this with `n` or `N` of `PETSC_DECIDE` then all processors
must. Otherwise, an error is thrown in debug mode while the program will hang
in optimized (i.e. configured --with-debugging=0) mode.


## See Also
 `PetscSplitOwnershipBlock()`, `PetscSplitOwnershipEqual()`

## Level
developer

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/utils/psplit.c.html#PetscSplitOwnership">src/sys/utils/psplit.c</A>

## Examples
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/bench_kspsolve.c.html">src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/bench_kspsolve.c</A><BR>


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