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# PetscSpaceCreate

Creates an empty `PetscSpace` object. The type can then be set with `PetscSpaceSetType()`.

## Synopsis

    #include "petscfe.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscSpaceCreate(MPI_Comm comm, PetscSpace *sp)

Collective

## Input Parameter

- comm - The communicator for the `PetscSpace` object

## Output Parameter

- sp - The `PetscSpace` object

## See Also

`PetscSpace`, `PetscSpaceSetType()`, `PETSCSPACEPOLYNOMIAL`

## Level

beginner

## Location

src/dm/dt/space/interface/space.c

## Implementations

PetscSpaceCreate_Point() in src/dm/dt/space/impls/point/spacepoint.c
PetscSpaceCreate_Polynomial() in src/dm/dt/space/impls/poly/spacepoly.c
PetscSpaceCreate_Ptrimmed() in src/dm/dt/space/impls/ptrimmed/spaceptrimmed.c
PetscSpaceCreate_Subspace() in src/dm/dt/space/impls/subspace/spacesubspace.c
PetscSpaceCreate_Sum() in src/dm/dt/space/impls/sum/spacesum.c
PetscSpaceCreate_Tensor() in src/dm/dt/space/impls/tensor/spacetensor.c
PetscSpaceCreate_WXY() in src/dm/dt/space/impls/wxy/spacewxy.c

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