MatConvert

Converts a matrix to another matrix, either of the same or different type.

Synopsis

#include "petscmat.h" 
int MatConvert(Mat mat,MatType newtype,Mat *M)

Collective on Mat

Input Parameters

	mat	- the matrix
	newtype	- new matrix type. Use MATSAME to create a new matrix of the same type as the original matrix.

Output Parameter

M -pointer to place new matrix

Notes

MatConvert() first creates a new matrix and then copies the data from the first matrix. A related routine is MatCopy(), which copies the matrix entries of one matrix to another already existing matrix context.

Examples