# PetscReal
PETSc type that represents a real number version of `PetscScalar` 
## Notes
For MPI calls that require datatypes, use `MPIU_REAL` as the datatype for `PetscReal` and `MPIU_SUM`, `MPIU_MAX`, etc. for operations.
They will automatically work correctly regardless of the size of `PetscReal`.

See `PetscScalar` for details on how to ./configure the size of `PetscReal`.




## See Also
 `PetscScalar`, `PetscComplex`, `PetscInt`, `MPIU_REAL`, `MPIU_SCALAR`, `MPIU_COMPLEX`, `MPIU_INT`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/include/petscsystypes.h.html#PetscReal">include/petscsystypes.h</A>

## Examples
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/classes/random/tutorials/ex1.c.html">src/sys/classes/random/tutorials/ex1.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/classes/random/tutorials/ex2.c.html">src/sys/classes/random/tutorials/ex2.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/tutorials/ex3f90.F90.html">src/sys/tutorials/ex3f90.F90.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/tutorials/ex5f90.F90.html">src/sys/tutorials/ex5f90.F90.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex1.c.html">src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex1.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex3.c.html">src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex3.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/mat/tutorials/ex16.c.html">src/mat/tutorials/ex16.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex3f90.F90.html">src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex3f90.F90.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/impls/swarm/tutorials/ex1.c.html">src/dm/impls/swarm/tutorials/ex1.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex6.c.html">src/dm/impls/stag/tutorials/ex6.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/tutorials/ex13f90.F90.html">src/dm/tutorials/ex13f90.F90.html</A><BR>


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