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# PetscViewerASCIIPrintf

Prints to a file, only from the first processor in the `PetscViewer` of type `PETSCVIEWERASCII`

## Synopsis

    #include "petscviewer.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscViewerASCIIPrintf(PetscViewer viewer, const char format[], ...)

Not Collective, but only the first MPI rank in the viewer has any effect

## Input Parameters

- viewer - obtained with `PetscViewerASCIIOpen()`

- format - the usual printf() format string

## Fortran Notes

The call sequence is `PetscViewerASCIIPrintf`(`PetscViewer`, character(*), int ierr) from Fortran. That is, you can only pass a single character string from Fortran.

## See Also

Viewers: Looking at PETSc Objects, `PetscPrintf()`, `PetscSynchronizedPrintf()`, `PetscViewerASCIIOpen()`, `PetscViewerASCIIPushTab()`, `PetscViewerASCIIPopTab()`, `PetscViewerASCIISynchronizedPrintf()`, `PetscViewerCreate()`, `PetscViewerDestroy()`, `PetscViewerSetType()`, `PetscViewerASCIIGetPointer()`, `PetscViewerASCIIPushSynchronized()`

## Level

developer

## Location

src/sys/classes/viewer/impls/ascii/filev.c

## Examples

src/snes/tutorials/ex6.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex69.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex15.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex70.c
src/dm/field/tutorials/ex1.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex68.c
src/dm/label/tutorials/ex1f90.F90
src/dm/label/tutorials/ex1.c
src/sys/classes/viewer/tutorials/ex1.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex48.c

Index of all Viewer routines
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