set a column of a matrix

[Barry Smith]

    MatSetValues() so long as you have good matrix preallocation this  
will work fine.

    Doing a transpose is very expensive.

      Barry

On Nov 1, 2009, at 5:01 AM, Umut Tabak wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>     I would like to set a column of a matrix, I read through the  
> manual
>     pages a bit... Since the matrices are row oriented in PETSc and
>     there is a function MatSetValuesRow, I guess transposing my
>     original matrix and then using this function is the best option I
>     could see for the moment. Could you comment on this?
>
>     BR,
>     Umut
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