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VecScale#

Scales a vector.

Synopsis#

#include "petscvec.h"   
PetscErrorCode VecScale(Vec x, PetscScalar alpha)

Logically Collective

Input Parameters#

  • x - the vector

  • alpha - the scalar

Note#

For a vector with n components, VecScale() computes x[i] = alpha * x[i], for i=1,…,n.

See Also#

Vectors and Parallel Data, Vec, VecSet()

Level#

intermediate

Location#

src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c

Examples#

src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex1.c
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex1f90.F90
src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex20f90.F90
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex11.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex12.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex13.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex2.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex3.c
src/vec/is/sf/tests/ex9.c
src/vec/vec/tests/ex16k.kokkos.cxx

Implementations#

VecScale_Nest() in src/vec/vec/impls/nest/vecnest.c
VecScale_Seq() in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/bvec1.c
VecScale_SeqKokkos() in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/kokkos/veckok.kokkos.cxx
VecScale_SeqViennaCL() in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/seqviennacl/vecviennacl.cxx


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