Using the Cublas_v2/Cusparse libraries

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Hello,

I am trying to compute the subtraction of two vectors:

b-A*x, where b and x are vectors and A is a sparse Matrix.I am using Cuda with C++. Is there a library function in cuBlas_v2/CuSparse libraries which can subtract the two vectors?

I appreciate your help.

Thnaks

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Use the cusparse csrmv function:

[url]cuSPARSE :: CUDA Toolkit Documentation

Set alpha to -1
set A and x to your A and x
set y to your b
set beta to 1

The result will overwrite your y (b) vector. If you need that b vector after this operation, then make a separate copy of it as y, perhaps using cublas copy routine.