unresolved external symbol with matgetarrayf90/matrestorearrayf90

[Matthew Knepley]

On 11/28/06, Ben Tay <zonexo at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I'm using win xp with visual fortran and visual c++. i had compiled in
> cygwin w/o any problems and most examples worked. however ex16f90 in the mat
> directory gave the error of unresolved external symbol with
> matgetarrayf90/matrestorearrayf90 when i tried to compile
> in cygwin.
>
> it's stated in the documentation that these subroutine only works with
> certain f90 compiler. does it mean it doesn't work with visual fortran?

Yes, these routines can only work if we now the array descriptor format. Compaq
keeps this a secret.

> so in order to access the matrix, should i use matgetarray instead?

Yes.

   Matt

>
> thanks alot!
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