petsc-3.12.1 2019-10-22
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# PetscViewerGetType

Returns the type of a PetscViewer.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscviewer.h"
    PetscErrorCode  PetscViewerGetType(PetscViewer viewer,PetscViewerType *type)

Not Collective

### Input Parameter

viewer -the PetscViewer

### Output Parameter

type -PetscViewer type (see below)

### Available Types Include

| PETSCVIEWERSOCKET | - Socket PetscViewer
| PETSCVIEWERASCII | - ASCII PetscViewer
| PETSCVIEWERBINARY | - binary file PetscViewer
| PETSCVIEWERSTRING | - string PetscViewer
| PETSCVIEWERDRAW | - drawing PetscViewer

### Note

See include/petscviewer.h for a complete list of PetscViewers.

PetscViewerType is actually a string

### See Also

PetscViewerCreate(), PetscViewerSetType(), PetscViewerType

### Level

intermediate

### Location

src/sys/classes/viewer/interface/view.c
Index of all Viewer routines
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Index of all manual pages