DMSwarmVectorDefineField

Sets the field from which to define a Vec object when DMCreateLocalVector(), or DMCreateGlobalVector() is called

Synopsis

#include "petscdmswarm.h"   
PetscErrorCode DMSwarmVectorDefineField(DM dm, const char fieldname[])

Collective

Input Parameters

• dm - a DMSWARM

• fieldname - the textual name given to each registered field

Notes

The field with name fieldname must be defined as having a data type of PetscScalar.

This function must be called prior to calling DMCreateLocalVector(), DMCreateGlobalVector(). Multiple calls to DMSwarmVectorDefineField() are permitted.

See Also

DM, DMSWARM, DMSwarmVectorDefineFields(), DMSwarmVectorGetField(), DMSwarmRegisterPetscDatatypeField(), DMCreateGlobalVector(), DMCreateLocalVector()

Level

beginner

Location

src/dm/impls/swarm/swarm.c

Examples

src/dm/tutorials/swarm_ex2.c
src/dm/tutorials/swarm_ex1.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex77.c
src/dm/impls/swarm/tutorials/ex1f90.F90

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