petsc-3.6.2 2015-10-02
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# PetscSFBcastBegin

begin pointwise broadcast to be concluded with call to PetscSFBcastEnd()

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsf.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscSFBcastBegin(PetscSF sf,MPI_Datatype unit,const void *rootdata,void *leafdata)

Collective on PetscSF

### Input Arguments

| sf | - star forest on which to communicate
| unit | - data type associated with each node
| rootdata | - buffer to broadcast

### Output Arguments

leafdata -buffer to update with values from each leaf's respective root

### See Also

PetscSFCreate(), PetscSFSetGraph(), PetscSFView(), PetscSFBcastEnd(), PetscSFReduceBegin()

Level:intermediate
Location: src/vec/is/sf/interface/sf.c
Index of all PetscSF routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

### Examples

src/vec/is/sf/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/vec/is/sf/examples/tutorials/ex2.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex11.c.html