PetscViewerStringSetOwnString — PETSc 3.23.0 documentation

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# PetscViewerStringSetOwnString

tells the viewer that it now owns the string and is responsible for freeing it with `PetscFree()`

## Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscViewerStringSetOwnString(PetscViewer viewer)

Logically Collective

## Input Parameter

- viewer - string viewer

## Note

If you call this the string must have been obtained with `PetscMalloc()` and you cannot free the string

## See Also

Viewers: Looking at PETSc Objects, `PetscViewerStringOpen()`, `PETSCVIEWERSTRING`, `PetscViewerStringGetStringRead()`, `PetscViewerStringSPrintf()`, `PetscViewerStringSetString()`

## Level

advanced

## Location

src/sys/classes/viewer/impls/string/stringv.c

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