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# PetscPartitionerShellSetPartition

Set an artifical partition for a mesh

### Synopsis

    #include "petscpartitioner.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscPartitionerShellSetPartition(PetscPartitioner part, PetscInt size, const PetscInt sizes[], const PetscInt points[])

Collective on PetscPartitioner

### Input Parameters

| part | - The PetscPartitioner
| size | - The number of partitions
| sizes | - array of length size (or NULL) providing the number of points in each partition
| points | - array of length sum(sizes) (may be NULL iff sizes is NULL), a permutation of the points that groups those assigned to each partition in order (i.e., partition 0 first, partition 1 next, etc.)

### Notes

It is safe to free the sizes and points arrays after use in this routine.

### See Also

DMPlexDistribute(), PetscPartitionerCreate()

### Level

developer

### Location

src/dm/partitioner/impls/shell/partshell.c
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