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PetscDataTypeGetSize

Gets the size (in bytes) of a PETSc datatype

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"    
PetscErrorCode  PetscDataTypeGetSize(PetscDataType ptype,size_t *size)
Not collective

Input Parameter

ptype -the PETSc datatype name (for example PETSC_DOUBLE)

Output Parameter

size -the size in bytes (for example the size of PETSC_DOUBLE is 8)

See Also

PetscDataType, PetscDataTypeToMPIDataType()

Level:advanced
Location:
src/sys/objects/ptype.c
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