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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++ functions 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)