petsc-3.6.1 2015-08-06
VecSetType
Builds a vector, for a particular vector implementation.
Synopsis
#include "petscvec.h"
PetscErrorCode VecSetType(Vec vec, VecType method)
Collective on Vec
Input Parameters
| vec | - The vector object
|
| method | - The name of the vector type
|
Options Database Key
-vec_type <type> -Sets the vector type; use -help for a list
of available types
Notes
See "petsc/include/petscvec.h" for available vector types (for instance, VECSEQ, VECMPI, or VECSHARED).
Use VecDuplicate() or VecDuplicateVecs() to form additional vectors of the same type as an existing vector.
Keywords
vector, set, type
See Also
VecGetType(), VecCreate()
Level:intermediate
Location:src/vec/vec/interface/vecreg.c
Index of all Vec routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages
Examples
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex9.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex10.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex31.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex70.c.html
src/tao/constrained/examples/tutorials/maros.c.html
src/tao/pde_constrained/examples/tutorials/hyperbolic.c.html