mpi_type_contiguous(3openmpi) [osx man page]

MPI_Type_contiguous(3OpenMPI)											     MPI_Type_contiguous(3OpenMPI)

NAME

       MPI_Type_contiguous - Creates a contiguous datatype.

SYNTAX

C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_contiguous(int count, MPI_Datatype oldtype,
	    MPI_Datatype *newtype)

Fortran Syntax
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_CONTIGUOUS(COUNT, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR)
	    INTEGER   COUNT, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR

C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       Datatype Datatype::Create_contiguous(int count) const

INPUT PARAMETERS

       count	 Replication count (nonnegative integer).

       oldtype	 Old datatype (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       newtype	 New datatype (handle).

       IERROR	 Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       The simplest datatype constructor is MPI_Type_contiguous, which allows replication of a datatype into contiguous locations.

       newtype is the datatype obtained by concatenating count copies of oldtype. Concatenation is defined using the extent of oldtype as the size
       of the concatenated copies.

       Example: Let oldtype have type map {(double, 0), (char, 8)}, with extent 16, and let count = 3. The type map of the  datatype  returned	by
       newtype is

	   {(double, 0), (char, 8), (double, 16), (char, 24),
	   (double, 32), (char, 40)];

       i.e., alternating double and char elements, with displacements 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40.

       In general, assume that the type map of oldtype is

	   {(type(0), disp(0)),...,(type(n-1), disp(n-1))},

       with extent ex. Then newtype has a type map with count times n entries defined by:

	   {(type(0), disp(0)), ...,(type(n-1), disp(n-1)),
	   (type(0), disp(0) + ex), ...,(type(n-1),
	   disp(n-1) + ex), ...,(type(0), disp(0) + ex * (count - 1)),
	   ...,(type(n-1), disp(n-1) + ex * (count - 1))}.

       For more information about derived datatypes, see Section 3.12 of the MPI-1 Standard.

ERRORS

       Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ func-
       tions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception  mechanism
       will be used to throw an MPI:Exception object.

       Before  the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for
       I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN  may	be
       used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

Open MPI 1.2							  September 2006				     MPI_Type_contiguous(3OpenMPI)

MPI_Type_create_hindexed(3OpenMPI)										MPI_Type_create_hindexed(3OpenMPI)

NAME

       MPI_Type_create_hindexed - Creates an indexed data type with offsets in bytes.

SYNTAX

C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_create_hindexed(int count, int array_of_blocklengths,
	    MPI_Aint array_of_displacements[], MPI_Datatype oldtype,
	    MPI_Datatype *newtype)

Fortran Syntax (see FORTRAN 77 NOTES)
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_CREATE_HINDEXED(COUNT, ARRAY_OF_BLOCKLENGTHS,
	    ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR)
	    INTEGER   COUNT, ARRAY_OF_BLOCKLENGTHS(*), OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR
	    INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND) ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS(*)

C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       MPI::Datatype MPI::Datatype::Create_hindexed(int count,
	    const int array_of_blocklengths,
	    const MPI::Aint array_of_displacements[]) const

INPUT PARAMETERS

       count	 Number of blocks (nonnegative integer).

       array_of_blocklengths
		 Number of elements in each block (array of nonnegative integers).

       array_of_displacements
		 Byte displacement of each block (array of integers).

       oldtype	 Old data type (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       newtype	 New data type (handle).

       IERROR	 Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       MPI_Type_create_hindexed  is  identical	to  MPI_Type_indexed,  except  that block displacements in array_of_displacements are specified in
       bytes, rather than in multiples of the oldtype extent.

       Assume that oldtype has type map

	   {(type(0), disp(0)), ..., (type(n-1), disp(n-1))},

       with extent ex. Let B be the array_of_blocklengths argument and D be the array_of_displacements argument. The newly created data type has
       n x S^count-1
	   (i=0)	B[i]  entries:

	 {(type(0), disp(0) + D[0]),...,(type(n-1), disp(n-1) + D[0]),...,
	 (type(0), disp(0) + (D[0] + B[0]-1)* ex),...,
	 type(n-1), disp(n-1) + (D[0]+ B[0]-1)* ex),...,
	 (type(0), disp(0) + D[count-1]),...,(type(n-1), disp(n-1) + D[count-1]),...,
	 (type(0), disp(0) +  D[count-1] + (B[count-1] -1)* ex),...,
	 (type(n-1), disp(n-1) + D[count-1] + (B[count-1] -1)* ex)}

       NOTE - This routine replaces MPI_Type_hindexed, which is deprecated. See the man page MPI_Type_hindexed(3) for information about that  rou-
       tine.

FORTRAN 77 NOTES
       The  MPI  standard prescribes portable Fortran syntax for the ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS(*) argument only for Fortran 90.  FORTRAN 77 users may
       use the non-portable syntax

	    INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS(*)

       where MPI_ADDRESS_KIND is a constant defined in mpif.h and gives the length of the declared integer in bytes.

ERRORS

       Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ func-
       tions  do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism
       will be used to throw an MPI:Exception object.

       Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except  for
       I/O  function  errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be
       used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

       See the MPI(3) man page for a full list of MPI error codes.

SEE ALSO

       MPI_Type_indexed
       MPI_Type_hindexed

Open MPI 1.2							  September 2006				MPI_Type_create_hindexed(3OpenMPI)