static char help[] = "Saves a dense matrix in a dense format (binary).\n\n";

#include "petscmat.h"

#undef __FUNCT__
#define __FUNCT__ "main"
int main(int argc,char **args)
{
  Mat            C;
  PetscScalar    v;
  PetscInt       i,j,m = 4,n = 4;
  PetscErrorCode ierr;
  PetscMPIInt    rank,size;
  PetscViewer    viewer;

  PetscInitialize(&argc,&args,(char *)0,help);
  ierr = MPI_Comm_rank(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,&rank);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MPI_Comm_size(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,&size);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscOptionsGetInt(PETSC_NULL,"-m",&m,PETSC_NULL);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscOptionsGetInt(PETSC_NULL,"-n",&n,PETSC_NULL);CHKERRQ(ierr);

  /* PART 1:  Generate matrix, then write it in binary format */

  /* Generate matrix */
  ierr = MatCreateSeqDense(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,m,n,PETSC_NULL,&C);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  for (i=0; i<m; i++) {
    for (j=0; j<n; j++) {
      v = i*m+j;
      ierr = MatSetValues(C,1,&i,1,&j,&v,INSERT_VALUES);CHKERRQ(ierr);
    }
  }
  ierr = MatAssemblyBegin(C,MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MatAssemblyEnd(C,MAT_FINAL_ASSEMBLY);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscViewerBinaryOpen(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,"matrix.dat",FILE_MODE_WRITE,&viewer);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscViewerSetFormat(viewer,PETSC_VIEWER_BINARY_NATIVE);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MatView(C,viewer);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscViewerDestroy(viewer);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = MatDestroy(C);CHKERRQ(ierr);
  ierr = PetscFinalize();CHKERRQ(ierr);
  return 0;
}