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# VecRestoreArrayWrite
Restores a vector after `VecGetArrayWrite()` has been called.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscvec.h"
PetscErrorCode VecRestoreArrayWrite(Vec x, PetscScalar **a)
```
Logically Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***x -*** the vector
- ***a -*** location of pointer to array obtained from `VecGetArray()`
## Fortran Note
`VecRestoreArrayWrite()` Fortran binding is deprecated (since PETSc 3.19), use `VecRestoreArrayWriteF90()`
## See Also
[](ch_vectors), `Vec`, `VecRestoreArrayWriteF90()`, `VecGetArray()`, `VecRestoreArrayRead()`, `VecRestoreArrays()`, `VecRestoreArrayF90()`, `VecRestoreArrayReadF90()`, `VecPlaceArray()`, `VecRestoreArray2d()`,
`VecGetArrayPair()`, `VecRestoreArrayPair()`, `VecGetArrayWrite()`
## Level
beginner
## Location
src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
## Examples
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex11.c
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex14.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex17.c
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/rosenbrock3.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex23fwdadj.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex3.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex36.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex43.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex77.c
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