VecGetType#

Gets the vector type name (as a string) from a Vec.

Synopsis#

#include "petscvec.h"  
PetscErrorCode VecGetType(Vec vec, VecType *type)

Not Collective

Input Parameter#

  • vec - The vector

Output Parameter#

Note#

type should not be retained for later use as it will be an invalid pointer if the VecType of vec is changed.

See Also#

Vectors and Parallel Data, Vec, VecType, VecCreate(), VecDuplicate(), VecDuplicateVecs(), PetscObjectTypeCompare(), PetscObjectTypeCompareAny()

Level#

intermediate

Location#

src/vec/vec/interface/vecreg.c

Examples#

src/snes/tutorials/ex7.c
src/mat/tutorials/ex19.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex73.c


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