initial values of matrix and vector

[Matthew Knepley]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

>
>   Vectors have all entries equal to zero. Dense matrices have all entries
> equal to zero. Sparse matrices have no entries (logically this is the same
> as entries equal to zero).


We do not automatically zero the entires upon allocation. You have to call
VecZeroEntries() or VecSet()
to initialize the vector.

  Matt


>
>   Barry
>
>
> On Feb 23, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Yixun Liu wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>> What's the initial value when I create a matrix or vector?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> --
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments
is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments
lead.
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