Billy,
    It is the global index. But, yes, you can only "get" values
that belong to your process.
     Barry
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, billy at dem.uminho.pt wrote:
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> VecGetValues(Vec x,PetscInt ni,const PetscInt ix[],PetscScalar y[])
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> The documentation says ix is global index, isn't it the local index?
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> Billy
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