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# PetscOptionsBool

Determines if a particular option is in the database with a true or false

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode  PetscOptionsBool_Private(PetscOptionItems *PetscOptionsObject,const char opt[],const char text[],const char man[],PetscBool currentvalue,PetscBool  *flg,PetscBool  *set)

Logically 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
| currentvalue | - the current value

### Output Parameter

flg -PETSC_TRUE or PETSC_FALSE
set -PETSC_TRUE if found, else PETSC_FALSE

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

### See Also

PetscOptionsGetReal(), PetscOptionsHasName(), PetscOptionsGetString(), PetscOptionsGetInt(NULL,),
PetscOptionsGetIntArray(), PetscOptionsGetRealArray(), PetscOptionsBool() PetscOptionsInt(), PetscOptionsString(), PetscOptionsReal(), PetscOptionsBool(), PetscOptionsName(), PetscOptionsBegin(), PetscOptionsEnd(), PetscOptionsHead(), PetscOptionsStringArray(),PetscOptionsRealArray(), PetscOptionsScalar(), PetscOptionsBoolGroupBegin(), PetscOptionsBoolGroup(), PetscOptionsBoolGroupEnd(), PetscOptionsFList(), PetscOptionsEList()

Level:beginner
Location: src/sys/objects/aoptions.c
Index of all Sys routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

### Examples

src/vec/is/sf/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex18.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex56.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex62.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex64.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex12.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex15.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex28.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex48.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex62.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex77.c.html