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# VecDot
Computes the vector dot product.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscvec.h"
PetscErrorCode VecDot(Vec x, Vec y, PetscScalar *val)
```
Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***x -*** first vector
- ***y -*** second vector
## Output Parameter
- ***val -*** the dot product
## Performance Issues
```none
per-processor memory bandwidth
interprocessor latency
work load imbalance that causes certain processes to arrive much earlier than others
```
## Notes for Users of Complex Numbers
For complex vectors, `VecDot()` computes
```none
val = (x,y) = y^H x,
```
where y^H denotes the conjugate transpose of y. Note that this corresponds to the usual "mathematicians" complex
inner product where the SECOND argument gets the complex conjugate. Since the `BLASdot()` complex conjugates the first
first argument we call the `BLASdot()` with the arguments reversed.
Use `VecTDot()` for the indefinite form
```none
val = (x,y) = y^T x,
```
where y^T denotes the transpose of y.
## See Also
[](ch_vectors), `Vec`, `VecMDot()`, `VecTDot()`, `VecNorm()`, `VecDotBegin()`, `VecDotEnd()`, `VecDotRealPart()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
## Examples
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex49.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex15.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex69.c
src/tao/bound/tutorials/jbearing2.c
src/tao/constrained/tutorials/maros.c
src/tao/constrained/tutorials/tomographyADMM.c
src/tao/leastsquares/tutorials/tomography.c
src/tao/pde_constrained/tutorials/elliptic.c
src/tao/pde_constrained/tutorials/hyperbolic.c
src/tao/pde_constrained/tutorials/parabolic.c
src/tao/tutorials/ex3.c
## Implementations
VecDot_MPIKokkos in src/vec/vec/impls/mpi/kokkos/mpikok.kokkos.cxx
VecDot_MPIViennaCL in src/vec/vec/impls/mpi/mpiviennacl/mpiviennacl.cxx
VecDot_MPI in src/vec/vec/impls/mpi/pvec2.c
VecDot_Nest in src/vec/vec/impls/nest/vecnest.c
VecDot_Seq in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/bvec1.c
VecDot_SeqKokkos in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/kokkos/veckok.kokkos.cxx
VecDot_SeqViennaCL in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/seqviennacl/vecviennacl.cxx
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