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  • PetscArrayzero

PetscArrayzero#

Zeros an array in memory.

Synopsis#

#include <petscstring.h>
PetscErrorCode PetscArrayzero(anytype *str1, size_t cnt)

Not Collective

Input Parameters#

  • str1 - array

  • cnt - Count of the array, not in bytes, but number of entries in the array

Note#

This routine is a preferred replacement to PetscMemzero()

See Also#

PetscMemcpy(), PetscMemcmp(), PetscMemzero(), PetscArraycmp(), PetscArraycpy(), PetscMemmove(), PetscStrallocpy(), PetscArraymove()

Level#

intermediate

Location#

include/petscstring.h

Examples#

src/sys/objects/device/tests/ex1.c
src/sys/tests/ex61.c
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex6.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex28.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex35.cxx
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex36.cxx
src/tao/leastsquares/tutorials/chwirut2.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex14.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex9.c
src/dm/dt/fe/tests/ex1.c


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