# PetscOptionsInt

Gets the integer value for a particular option in the database.

### Synopsis

    #include "petsc.h"
    PetscErrorCode  PetscOptionsInt(const char opt[],const char text[],const char man[],PetscInt defaultv,PetscInt *value,PetscTruth *set)

Collective on the communicator passed in PetscOptionsBegin()

### Input Parameters

| opt | - option name
| text | - short string that describes the option
| man | - manual page with additional information on option
| defaultv | - the default (current) value

### Output Parameter

| value | - the integer value to return
| flg | - PETSC_TRUE if found, else PETSC_FALSE

Notes: Must be between a PetscOptionsBegin() and a PetscOptionsEnd()

### See Also

PetscOptionsGetReal(), PetscOptionsHasName(), PetscOptionsGetString(), PetscOptionsGetInt(),
PetscOptionsGetIntArray(), PetscOptionsGetRealArray(), PetscOptionsTruth() PetscOptionsInt(), PetscOptionsString(), PetscOptionsReal(), PetscOptionsTruth(), PetscOptionsName(), PetscOptionsBegin(), PetscOptionsEnd(), PetscOptionsHead(), PetscOptionsStringArray(),PetscOptionsRealArray(), PetscOptionsScalar(), PetscOptionsTruthGroupBegin(), PetscOptionsTruthGroup(), PetscOptionsTruthGroupEnd(), PetscOptionsList(), PetscOptionsEList()

Level:beginner
Location: src/sys/objects/aoptions.c
Index of all Sys routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

### Examples

src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex33.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex31.c.html