petsc-3.6.1 2015-08-06
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PetscOptionsGetScalar

 Gets the scalar value for a particular option in the database.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscOptionsGetScalar(const char pre[],const char name[],PetscScalar *dvalue,PetscBool  *set)
Not Collective

Input Parameters

pre - string to prepend to each name or NULL
name - the option one is seeking

Output Parameter

dvalue - the double value to return
set - PETSC_TRUE if found, else PETSC_FALSE

Usage

A complex number 2+3i must be specified with NO spaces

Note: if the option is given but no value is provided then set is given the value PETSC_FALSE

See Also

PetscOptionsGetInt(), PetscOptionsHasName(),
PetscOptionsGetString(), PetscOptionsGetIntArray(), PetscOptionsGetRealArray(), PetscOptionsBool(), PetscOptionsName(), PetscOptionsBegin(), PetscOptionsEnd(), PetscOptionsHead(), PetscOptionsStringArray(),PetscOptionsRealArray(), PetscOptionsScalar(), PetscOptionsBoolGroupBegin(), PetscOptionsBoolGroup(), PetscOptionsBoolGroupEnd(), PetscOptionsFList(), PetscOptionsEList()

Level:beginner
Location:src/sys/objects/options.c
Index of all Sys routines
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Examples

src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex25.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex49.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex58.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex21.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex23.c.html