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# PetscObjectAppendOptionsPrefix

Appends to the prefix used for searching for options for the given object in the database.

## Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscObjectAppendOptionsPrefix(PetscObject obj, const char prefix[])

## Input Parameters

- obj - any PETSc object, for example a `Vec`, `Mat` or `KSP`.

- prefix - the prefix string to prepend to option requests of the object.

## Note

A hyphen (-) must NOT be given at the beginning of the prefix name. The first character of all runtime options is AUTOMATICALLY the hyphen.

## See Also

`PetscOptionsCreate()`, `PetscOptionsDestroy()`, `PetscObjectSetOptionsPrefix()`, `PetscObjectPrependOptionsPrefix()`, `PetscObjectGetOptionsPrefix()`, `TSAppendOptionsPrefix()`, `SNESAppendOptionsPrefix()`, `KSPAppendOptionsPrefix()`

## Level

advanced

## Location

src/sys/objects/prefix.c

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