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NAME

       MPI_Type_create_subarray  -  Creates a data type describing an n-dimen-
       sional subarray of an n-dimensional array.

SYNTAX


C Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_create_subarray(int ndims, int array_of_sizes[], int array_of_subsizes[], int array_of_starts[], int order, MPI_Datatype oldtype, MPI_Datatype *newtype)

Fortran Syntax

       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_CREATE_SUBARRAY(NDIMS, ARRAY_OF_SIZES, ARRAY_OF_SUBSIZES,
            ARRAY_OF_STARTS, ORDER, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR)

            INTEGER   NDIMS, ARRAY_OF_SIZES(*), ARRAY_OF_SUBSIZES(*),
            ARRAY_OF_STARTS(*), ORDER, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR

C++ Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       MPI::Datatype MPI::Datatype::Create_subarray(int ndims,
            const int array_of_sizes[], const int array_of_subsizes[],
            const int array_of_starts[], int order) const

INPUT PARAMETERS

       ndims     Number of array dimensions (positive integer).

       array_of_sizes
                 Number of elements of type oldtype in each dimension  of  the
                 full array (array of positive integers).

       array_of_subsizes
                 Number  of  elements of type oldtype in each dimension of the
                 subarray (array of positive integers).

       array_of_starts
                 Starting coordinates of the subarray in each dimension (array
                 of nonnegative integers).

       order     Array storage order flag (state).

       oldtype   Array element data type (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       newtype   New data type (handle).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       The subarray type constructor creates an MPI data type describing an n-
       dimensional subarray of an n-dimensional array.  The  subarray  may  be
       situated anywhere within the full array, and may be of any nonzero size
       and a Fortran program may use C order.

       The ndims parameter specifies the number of dimensions in the full data
       array and gives the number of elements in array_of_sizes, array_of_sub-
       sizes, and array_of_starts.

       The number of elements of type oldtype in  each  dimension  of  the  n-
       dimensional   array   and  the  requested  subarray  are  specified  by
       array_of_sizes and array_of_subsizes, respectively. For  any  dimension
       i, it is erroneous to specify array_of_subsizes[i] < 1 or array_of_sub-
       sizes[i] > array of sizes[i].

       The array_of_starts contains the starting coordinates of each dimension
       of  the  subarray. Arrays are assumed to be indexed starting from zero.
       For any dimension i, it is erroneous to specify

       array_of_starts[i] < 0

       or

       array_of_starts[i] > (array_of_sizes[i] - array_of_subsizes[i]).

       The order argument specifies the storage order for the subarray as well
       as the full array. It must be set to one of the following:

       -  MPI_ORDER_C:  The  ordering  used  by  C arrays, (that is, row-major
       order)

       - MPI_ORDER_FORTRAN: The ordering used by  Fortran  arrays,  (that  is,
       column-major order)

       A  ndims-dimensional  subarray  (newtype)  with no extra padding can be
       defined by the function Subarray() as follows:

          newtype = Subarray(ndims, {size , size ,..., size       },
                                         0      1           ndims-1
                    {subsize , subsize , ..., subsize       },
                            0         1               ndims-1
                    {start , start , ..., start       }, oldtype)
                          0       1             bduns-1

       Let the typemap of oldtype have the form:

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

       where typei is a predefined MPI data type, and let ex be the extent  of
       oldtype.

       The  Subarray()  function  is defined recursively in three equations on
       page 72 of the MPI-2 standard.

       For an example use of MPI_Type_create_subarray in the context  of  I/O,
       see Section 9.9.2 of the MPI-2 standard.

NOTES

       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.

1.3.4                            Nov 11, 2009      MPI_Type_create_subarray(3)

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