petsc-3.8.4 2018-03-24
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PetscOptionsSetValue

Sets an option name-value pair in the options database, overriding whatever is already present.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscOptionsSetValue(PetscOptions options,const char iname[],const char value[])
Not collective, but setting values on certain processors could cause problems for parallel objects looking for options.

Input Parameters

options - options database, use NULL for the default global database
name - name of option, this SHOULD have the - prepended
value - the option value (not used for all options)

Note

This function can be called BEFORE PetscInitialize()

Only some options have values associated with them, such as -ksp_rtol tol. Other options stand alone, such as -ksp_monitor.

Developers Note: Uses malloc() directly because PETSc may not yet have been fully initialized

See Also

PetscOptionsInsert()

Level:intermediate
Location:
src/sys/objects/options.c
Index of all Sys routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

Examples

src/sys/examples/tutorials/ex16.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex5.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex10.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex63.cxx.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex30.c.html
src/tao/unconstrained/examples/tutorials/eptorsion1.c.html
src/tao/constrained/examples/tutorials/toyf.F.html