petsc-3.4.2 2013-07-02

# 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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