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VecGetLocalSize#

Returns the number of elements of the vector stored in local memory (that is on this MPI process)

Synopsis#

#include "petscvec.h"   
PetscErrorCode VecGetLocalSize(Vec x, PetscInt *size)

Not Collective

Input Parameter#

  • x - the vector

Output Parameter#

  • size - the length of the local piece of the vector

See Also#

Vectors and Parallel Data, Vec, VecGetSize()

Level#

beginner

Location#

src/vec/vec/interface/vector.c

Examples#

src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex10.c
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex21.c
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex3.c
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex5.c
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex5f.F90
src/vec/vec/utils/tagger/tutorials/ex1.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex11.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex22.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex23.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex9.c

Implementations#

VecGetLocalSize_Nest() in src/vec/vec/impls/nest/vecnest.c


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