petsc-3.3-p7 2013-05-11

PetscOptionsGetScalar

Gets the scalar value for a particular option in the database.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscOptionsGetScalar(const char pre[],const char name[],PetscScalar *dvalue,PetscBool  *set)
Not Collective

Input Parameters

pre - string to prepend to each name or PETSC_NULL
name - the option one is seeking

Output Parameter

dvalue - the double value to return
set - PETSC_TRUE if found, else PETSC_FALSE

Usage

A complex number 2+3i can be specified as 2,3 at the command line. or a number 2.0e-10 - 3.3e-20 i can be specified as 2.0e-10,-3.3e-20

Note: if the option is given but no value is provided then set is given the value PETSC_FALSE

See Also

PetscOptionsGetInt(), PetscOptionsHasName(),
PetscOptionsGetString(), PetscOptionsGetIntArray(), PetscOptionsGetRealArray(), PetscOptionsBool(), PetscOptionsName(), PetscOptionsBegin(), PetscOptionsEnd(), PetscOptionsHead(), PetscOptionsStringArray(),PetscOptionsRealArray(), PetscOptionsScalar(), PetscOptionsBoolGroupBegin(), PetscOptionsBoolGroup(), PetscOptionsBoolGroupEnd(), PetscOptionsList(), PetscOptionsEList()

Level:beginner
Location:
src/sys/objects/options.c
Index of all Sys routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

Examples

src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex25.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex39.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex40.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex49.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex54.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex55.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex58.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex21.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex23.c.html