petsc-3.6.1 2015-08-06

PetscOptionsStringArray

Gets an array of string values for a particular option in the database. The values must be separated with commas with no intervening spaces.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscOptionsStringArray_Private(PetscOptions *PetscOptionsObject,const char opt[],const char text[],const char man[],char *value[],PetscInt *nmax,PetscBool  *set)

Logically Collective on the communicator passed in PetscOptionsBegin()

Input Parameters

	opt	- the option one is seeking
	text	- short string describing option
	man	- manual page for option
	nmax	- maximum number of strings

Output Parameter

	value	- location to copy strings
	nmax	- actual number of strings found
	set	- PETSC_TRUE if found, else PETSC_FALSE

Notes

The user should pass in an array of pointers to char, to hold all the strings returned by this function.

The user is responsible for deallocating the strings that are returned. The Fortran interface for this routine is not supported.

Must be between a PetscOptionsBegin() and a PetscOptionsEnd()

Examples