petsc-3.4.2 2013-07-02

# DMLocatePoints

Locate the points in v in the mesh and return an IS of the containing cells

### Synopsis

    #include "petscdm.h"
    PetscErrorCode DMLocatePoints(DM dm, Vec v, IS *cells)

Not collective

### Input Parameters

| dm | - The DM
| v | - The Vec of points

### Output Parameter

cells -The local cell numbers for cells which contain the points

### Keywords

point location, mesh

### See Also

DMSetCoordinates(), DMSetCoordinatesLocal(), DMGetCoordinates(), DMGetCoordinatesLocal()

Level:developer
Location: src/dm/interface/dm.c
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