# PetscMapGetType

Gets the map type name (as a string) from the PetscMap.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscvec.h"
    PetscErrorCode PETSCVEC_DLLEXPORT PetscMapGetType(PetscMap map, PetscMapType *type)

Not collective

### Input Parameter

map -The map

### Output Parameter

type -The map type name

### Keywords

map, get, type, name

### C++ variants

| PetscMapType PetscMapGetType(PetscMap m) |  | -> |  | PetscMapGetType(m,&t); return t;

### See Also

PetscMapSetType(), PetscMapCreate()

Level:intermediate
Location:src/vec/interface/mapreg.c
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### Examples

src/vec/examples/tutorials/ex17.c.html