# PetscOptionsName

Determines if a particular option is in the database

### Synopsis

    #include "petsc.h"
    PetscErrorCode PETSC_DLLEXPORT PetscOptionsName(const char opt[],const char text[],const char man[],PetscTruth *flg)

Collective on the communicator passed in PetscOptionsBegin()

### Input Parameters

| opt | - option name
| text | - short string that describes the option
| man | - manual page with additional information on option

### Output Parameter

flg -PETSC_TRUE if found, else PETSC_FALSE

Notes: Must be between a PetscOptionsBegin() and a PetscOptionsEnd()

### See Also

PetscOptionsGetReal(), PetscOptionsHasName(), PetscOptionsGetString(), PetscOptionsGetInt(),
PetscOptionsGetIntArray(), PetscOptionsGetRealArray(), PetscOptionsTruth() PetscOptionsInt(), PetscOptionsString(), PetscOptionsReal(), PetscOptionsTruth(), PetscOptionsName(), PetscOptionsBegin(), PetscOptionsEnd(), PetscOptionsHead(), PetscOptionsStringArray(),PetscOptionsRealArray(), PetscOptionsScalar(), PetscOptionsTruthGroupBegin(), PetscOptionsTruthGroup(), PetscOptionsTruthGroupEnd(), PetscOptionsList(), PetscOptionsEList()

Level:beginner
Location:src/sys/src/objects/ams/aoptions.c
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