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<h1>VecView<a class="headerlink" href="#vecview" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h1>
<p>Views a vector object.</p>
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<h2>Synopsis<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">#include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="cpf">"petscvec.h"</span><span class="c1"> </span>
<span class="n"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PetscErrorCode.html">PetscErrorCode</a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecView.html">VecView</a></span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/Vec.html">Vec</a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vec</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewer.html">PetscViewer</a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">viewer</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Collective</p>
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<h2>Input Parameters<a class="headerlink" href="#input-parameters" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
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<li><p><em><strong>vec -</strong></em> the vector</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong>viewer -</strong></em> an optional <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewer.html">PetscViewer</a></span></code> visualization context</p></li>
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<p>The available visualization contexts include</p>
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<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_SELF.html">PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_SELF</a></span></code> -</strong></em> for sequential vectors</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_WORLD.html">PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_WORLD</a></span></code> -</strong></em> for parallel vectors created on <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PETSC_COMM_WORLD.html">PETSC_COMM_WORLD</a></span></code></p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre">PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT</span></code>_(comm) -</strong></em> for parallel vectors created on MPI communicator comm</p></li>
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<p>You can change the format the vector is printed using the
option <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerPushFormat.html">PetscViewerPushFormat</a>()</span></code>.</p>
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<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerASCIIOpen.html">PetscViewerASCIIOpen</a>()</span></code> -</strong></em> Outputs vector to a specified file</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerBinaryOpen.html">PetscViewerBinaryOpen</a>()</span></code> -</strong></em> Outputs vector in binary to a
specified file; corresponding input uses <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecLoad.html">VecLoad</a>()</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerDrawOpen.html">PetscViewerDrawOpen</a>()</span></code> -</strong></em> Outputs vector to an X window display</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerSocketOpen.html">PetscViewerSocketOpen</a>()</span></code> -</strong></em> Outputs vector to Socket viewer</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerHDF5Open.html">PetscViewerHDF5Open</a>()</span></code> -</strong></em> Outputs vector to HDF5 file viewer</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The user can call <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerPushFormat.html">PetscViewerPushFormat</a>()</span></code> to specify the output
format of ASCII printed objects (when using <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_SELF.html">PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_SELF</a></span></code>,
<code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_WORLD.html">PETSC_VIEWER_STDOUT_WORLD</a></span></code> and <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerASCIIOpen.html">PetscViewerASCIIOpen</a>()</span></code>). Available formats include</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerFormat.html">PETSC_VIEWER_DEFAULT</a></span></code> -</strong></em> default, prints vector contents</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerFormat.html">PETSC_VIEWER_ASCII_MATLAB</a></span></code> -</strong></em> prints vector contents in MATLAB format</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerFormat.html">PETSC_VIEWER_ASCII_INDEX</a></span></code> -</strong></em> prints vector contents, including indices of vector elements</p></li>
<li><p><em><strong><code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerFormat.html">PETSC_VIEWER_ASCII_COMMON</a></span></code> -</strong></em> prints vector contents, using a
format common among all vector types</p></li>
</ul>
<p>You can pass any number of vector objects, or other PETSc objects to the same viewer.</p>
<p>In the debugger you can do call <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecView.html">VecView</a></span></code>(v,0) to display the vector. (The same holds for any PETSc object viewer).</p>
</section>
<section id="notes-for-binary-viewer">
<h2>Notes for binary viewer<a class="headerlink" href="#notes-for-binary-viewer" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>If you pass multiple vectors to a binary viewer you can read them back in the same order
with <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecLoad.html">VecLoad</a>()</span></code>.</p>
<p>If the blocksize of the vector is greater than one then you must provide a unique prefix to
the vector with <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PetscObjectSetOptionsPrefix.html">PetscObjectSetOptionsPrefix</a></span></code>((<code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PetscObject.html">PetscObject</a></span></code>)vec,”uniqueprefix”); BEFORE calling <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecView.html">VecView</a>()</span></code> on the
vector to be stored and then set that same unique prefix on the vector that you pass to <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecLoad.html">VecLoad</a>()</span></code>. The blocksize
information is stored in an ASCII file with the same name as the binary file plus a “.info” appended to the
filename. If you copy the binary file, make sure you copy the associated .info file with it.</p>
<p>See the manual page for <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecLoad.html">VecLoad</a>()</span></code> on the exact format the binary viewer stores
the values in the file.</p>
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<section id="notes-for-hdf5-viewer">
<h2>Notes for HDF5 Viewer<a class="headerlink" href="#notes-for-hdf5-viewer" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>The name of the <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/Vec.html">Vec</a></span></code> (given with <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PetscObjectSetName.html">PetscObjectSetName</a>()</span></code> is the name that is used
for the object in the HDF5 file. If you wish to store the same Vec into multiple
datasets in the same file (typically with different values), you must change its
name each time before calling the <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecView.html">VecView</a>()</span></code>. To load the same vector,
the name of the Vec object passed to <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecLoad.html">VecLoad</a>()</span></code> must be the same.</p>
<p>If the block size of the vector is greater than 1 then it is used as the first dimension in the HDF5 array.
If the function <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerHDF5SetBaseDimension2.html">PetscViewerHDF5SetBaseDimension2</a>()</span></code>is called then even if the block size is one it will
be used as the first dimension in the HDF5 array (that is the HDF5 array will always be two dimensional)
See also <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerHDF5SetTimestep.html">PetscViewerHDF5SetTimestep</a>()</span></code> which adds an additional complication to reading and writing <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/Vec.html">Vec</a></span></code>
with the HDF5 viewer.</p>
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<p><a class="reference internal" href="../../manual/vec.html#ch-vectors"><span class="std std-ref">Vectors and Parallel Data</span></a>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/Vec.html">Vec</a></span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecViewFromOptions.html">VecViewFromOptions</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerASCIIOpen.html">PetscViewerASCIIOpen</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerDrawOpen.html">PetscViewerDrawOpen</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Draw/PetscDrawLGCreate.html">PetscDrawLGCreate</a>()</span></code>,
<code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerSocketOpen.html">PetscViewerSocketOpen</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerBinaryOpen.html">PetscViewerBinaryOpen</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Vec/VecLoad.html">VecLoad</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerCreate.html">PetscViewerCreate</a>()</span></code>,
<code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PetscRealView.html">PetscRealView</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PetscScalarView.html">PetscScalarView</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Sys/PetscIntView.html">PetscIntView</a>()</span></code>, <code class="docutils notranslate"><span class="pre"><a href="../../manualpages/Viewer/PetscViewerHDF5SetTimestep.html">PetscViewerHDF5SetTimestep</a>()</span></code></p>
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<h2>Level<a class="headerlink" href="#level" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>beginner</p>
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<h2>Location<a class="headerlink" href="#location" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p><A HREF="../../src/vec/vec/interface/vector.c.html#VecView">src/vec/vec/interface/vector.c</A></p>
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<h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p><A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex6.c.html">src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex6.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex1.c.html">src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex1.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/tutorials/ex1.c.html">src/dm/tutorials/ex1.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/tutorials/ex14.c.html">src/dm/tutorials/ex14.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex15.c.html">src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex15.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/field/tutorials/ex1.c.html">src/dm/field/tutorials/ex1.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex4.c.html">src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex4.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/tutorials/ex15.c.html">src/dm/tutorials/ex15.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex1f90.F90.html">src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex1f90.F90</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/tutorials/ex2.c.html">src/dm/tutorials/ex2.c</A><BR></p>
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<p><A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/composite/pack.c.html#VecView_DMComposite">VecView_DMComposite() in src/dm/impls/composite/pack.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/forest/p4est/pforest.h.html#VecView_pforest">VecView_pforest() in src/dm/impls/forest/p4est/pforest.h</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/network/networkcreate.c.html#VecView_Network">VecView_Network() in src/dm/impls/network/networkcreate.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/plex/plex.c.html#VecView_Plex">VecView_Plex() in src/dm/impls/plex/plex.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/dm/impls/swarm/swarm.c.html#VecView_Swarm">VecView_Swarm() in src/dm/impls/swarm/swarm.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/vec/vec/impls/mpi/pdvec.c.html#VecView_MPI">VecView_MPI() in src/vec/vec/impls/mpi/pdvec.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/vec/vec/impls/nest/vecnest.c.html#VecView_Nest">VecView_Nest() in src/vec/vec/impls/nest/vecnest.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="../../src/vec/vec/impls/seq/bvec2.c.html#VecView_Seq">VecView_Seq() in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/bvec2.c</A><BR></p>
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