# VecSet

Sets all components of a vector to a single scalar value.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscvec.h"
    PetscErrorCode  VecSet(Vec x,PetscScalar alpha)

Collective on Vec

### Input Parameters

| x | - the vector
| alpha | - the scalar

### Output Parameter

x -the vector

### Note

For a vector of dimension n, VecSet() computes

        x[i] = alpha, for i=1,...,n,

so that all vector entries then equal the identical scalar value, alpha. Use the more general routine VecSetValues() to set different vector entries.

You CANNOT call this after you have called VecSetValues() but before you call VecAssemblyBegin/End().

### See Also

VecSetValues(), VecSetValuesBlocked(), VecSetRandom()

Level:beginner
Location:src/vec/vec/interface/rvector.c
Index of all Vec routines
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### Examples

src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex1e.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex2.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex8.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex11.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex12.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex13.c.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex1f.F.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex2f.F.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex7f.F.html
src/vec/vec/examples/tutorials/ex1f90.F.html