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PetscDataTypeFromString

 Gets the enum value of a PETSc datatype represented as a string

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"    
PetscErrorCode  PetscDataTypeFromString(const char*name, PetscDataType *ptype,PetscBool *found)
Not collective

Input Parameter

name -the PETSc datatype name (for example, DOUBLE or real or Scalar)

Output Parameter

ptype - the enum value
found - the string matches one of the data types

See Also

PetscDataType, PetscDataTypeToMPIDataType(), PetscDataTypeGetSize()

Level:advanced
Location:src/sys/objects/ptype.c
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Examples

src/sys/examples/tutorials/ex11.c.html