VecCreate
Creates an empty vector object. The type can then be set with VecSetType(), or VecSetFromOptions().
Synopsis
#include "petscvec.h"
int VecCreate(MPI_Comm comm, Vec *vec)
If you never call VecSetType() or VecSetFromOptions() it will generate an
error when you try to use the vector.
Collective on MPI_Comm
Input Parameter
comm -The communicator for the vector object
Output Parameter
vec -The vector object
Keywords
vector, create
See Also
VecSetType(), VecSetSizes(), VecCreateMPIWithArray(), VecCreateMPI(), VecDuplicate(),
VecDuplicateVecs(), VecCreateGhost(), VecCreateSeq(), VecPlaceArray()
Level:beginner
Location:src/vec/interface/veccreate.c
Index of all Vec routines
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Examples
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex1e.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex2.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex3.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex5.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex6.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex7.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex8.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex10.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex11.c.html
src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex12.c.html