what's the difference between PetscViewerASCIIOpen() and PetscViewerBinaryOpen()?

[Yujie]

hi, Matt

If I output matrix with binary format, should the file format obtained from
sequential output is the same with that from parallel output? I mean that I
don't need to consider whether MatView_***_Binary() is parallel or
sequential when I use the matrix file.

thanks a lot.

Regards,
Yujie

On 1/23/08, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 23, 2008 2:18 PM, Yujie <recrusader at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for your further explanation. I just want to use this data in
> > other packages. I think that ASCII file is likely better. Because I
> don't
> > know the format of the binary file? how to find it?
>
> Look at MatView_SeqAIJ_Binary() in src/mat/impls/aij/seq/aij.c. The
> format is pretty simple.
>
> > In addition, do you have any better methods to save the sparsity
> structure
> > picture of the matrix? Now, I use "-mat_view_draw" to do this. However,
> the
> > speed is very slow and the picture is small. I want to get a big picture
> and
> > directly save it to the disk?
> >  could you give me some advice? thanks a lot.
>
> We do not have a better way to make the sparsity picture. I assume you
> could
> write something that decides how many pixels to use, calculates an average
> occupancy per pixel, and writes a BMP or something.
>
>   Matt
>
> > Regards,
> > Yujie
> >
> > On 1/23/08, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > On Jan 22, 2008 11:01 PM, Yujie <recrusader at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Dear Matt:
> > > >
> > > > thank you for your reply. Do you have any method to generate an
> ascii
> > file
> > > > of the huge sparse matrix? thanks
> > >
> > > I think you miss my point. The PETSc function is not a bad way to
> generate
> > > ASCII matrices. ASCII matrices make "no sense" for large operators.
> > >
> > >    Matt
> > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Yujie
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 1/23/08, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Jan 22, 2008 8:50 PM, Yujie < recrusader at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi everyone:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #include "petsc.h"
> > > > > >  PetscErrorCode PetscViewerASCIIOpen(MPI_Comm comm,const char
> > > > > > name[],PetscViewer *lab)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #include "petsc.h"
> > > > > >  PetscErrorCode PetscViewerBinaryOpen(MPI_Comm comm,const char
> > > > > > name[],PetscFileMode type,PetscViewer *binv)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > if the difference between them is that one for ASCII output and
> the
> > > > other
> > > > > > for Binary output, why are there different parameters?
> > > > >
> > > > > It is historical. If you want to be generic, you should use
> > > > >
> > > > >   PetscViewerCreate()
> > > > >   PetscViewerSetType()
> > > > >   PetscViewerFileSetMode()
> > > > >   PetscViewerFileSetName()
> > > > >
> > > > > which can create both.
> > > > >
> > > > > > The speed to output matrix is very fast when I use
> > > > PetscViewerBinaryOpen.
> > > > > > However, when I use PetscViewerASCIIOpen, I can't get the matrix
> > output.
> > > > the
> > > > > > code always is running and it has taken about one day! what's
> the
> > > > problem?
> > > > > > thank you.
> > > > >
> > > > > ASCII files do not make sense for large matrices. You should use
> > binary
> > > > files.
> > > > >
> > > > >    Matt
> > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Yujie
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> > > > > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to
> which
> > > > > their experiments lead.
> > > > > -- Norbert Wiener
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> > > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
> > > their experiments lead.
> > > -- Norbert Wiener
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
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> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
> their experiments lead.
> -- Norbert Wiener
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