# PetscBagView
Views a bag of values as either ASCII text or a binary file 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscbag.h"   
PetscErrorCode PetscBagView(PetscBag bag, PetscViewer view)
```
Collective on bag


## Input Parameters

- ***bag -*** the bag of values
- ***viewer -*** location to view the values





## Note
Currently PETSc bags saved in a binary file can only be read back
in on a machine of the same architecture.


## See Also
 `PetscBag`, `PetscBagSetName()`, `PetscBagDestroy()`, `PetscBagLoad()`, `PetscBagGetData()`
`PetscBagRegisterReal()`, `PetscBagRegisterInt()`, `PetscBagRegisterBool()`, `PetscBagRegisterScalar()`, `PetscBagRegisterEnum()`
`PetscBagSetFromOptions()`, `PetscBagCreate()`, `PetscBagGetName()`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/classes/bag/bag.c.html#PetscBagView">src/sys/classes/bag/bag.c</A>

## Examples
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/tutorials/ex5.c.html">src/sys/tutorials/ex5.c.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/dm/tutorials/ex7.c.html">src/dm/tutorials/ex7.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/snes/tutorials/ex17.c.html">src/snes/tutorials/ex17.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/snes/tutorials/ex62.c.html">src/snes/tutorials/ex62.c.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/ts/tutorials/ex53.c.html">src/ts/tutorials/ex53.c.html</A><BR>


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