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.TH "MPI_TYPE_VECTOR" "3" "Apr 08, 2024" "" "Open MPI"
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\fI\%MPI_Type_vector\fP — Creates a vector (strided) datatype.
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#include <mpi.h>

int MPI_Type_vector(int count, int blocklength, int stride,
     MPI_Datatype oldtype, MPI_Datatype *newtype)
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USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE \(aqmpif.h\(aq
MPI_TYPE_VECTOR(COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH, STRIDE, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE,
             IERROR)
     INTEGER COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH, STRIDE, OLDTYPE
     INTEGER NEWTYPE, IERROR
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USE mpi_f08
MPI_Type_vector(count, blocklength, stride, oldtype, newtype, ierror)
     INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: count, blocklength, stride
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: oldtype
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(OUT) :: newtype
     INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror
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.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
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\fBcount\fP: Number of blocks (nonnegative integer).
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\fBblocklength\fP: Number of elements in each block (nonnegative integer).
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\fBstride\fP: Number of elements between start of each block (integer).
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\fBoldtype\fP: Old datatype (handle).
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\fBnewtype\fP: New datatype (handle).
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\fBierror\fP: Fortran only: Error status (integer).
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The function \fI\%MPI_Type_vector\fP is a general constructor that allows
replication of a datatype into locations that consist of equally spaced
blocks. Each block is obtained by concatenating the same number of
copies of the old datatype. The spacing between blocks is a multiple of
the extent of the old datatype.
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\fBExample 1:\fP Assume, again, that oldtype has type map {(double, 0),
(char, 8)}, with extent 16. A call to MPI_Type_vector(2, 3, 4, oldtype,
newtype) will create the datatype with type map
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{(double, 0), (char, 8), (double, 16), (char, 24),
(double, 32), (char, 40),
(double, 64), (char, 72),
(double, 80), (char, 88), (double, 96), (char, 104)}
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That is, two blocks with three copies each of the old type, with a
stride of 4 elements (4 x 16 bytes) between the blocks.
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\fBExample 2:\fP A call to MPI_Type_vector(3, 1, \-2, oldtype, newtype)
will create the datatype
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{(double, 0), (char, 8), (double, \-32), (char, \-24),
(double, \-64), (char, \-56)}
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In general, assume that oldtype has type map
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{(type(0), disp(0)), ..., (type(n\-1), disp(n\-1))},
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with extent ex. Let bl be the blocklength. The newly created datatype
has a type map with count x bl x n entries:
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{(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) + (bl \-1) * ex),...,
(type(n\-1), disp(n\-1) + (bl \-1)* ex),
(type(0), disp(0) + stride * ex),..., (type(n\-1),
disp(n\-1) + stride * ex), ...,
(type(0), disp(0) + (stride + bl \- 1) * ex), ...,
(type(n\-1), disp(n\-1) + (stride + bl \-1) * ex), ...,
(type(0), disp(0) + stride * (count \-1) * ex), ...,
(type(n\-1), disp(n\-1) + stride * (count \-1) * ex), ...,
(type(0), disp(0) + (stride * (count \-1) + bl \-1) * ex), ...,
(type(n\-1), disp(n\-1) + (stride * (count \-1) + bl \-1) * ex)}
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A call to MPI_Type_contiguous(count, oldtype, newtype) is equivalent to
a call to MPI_Type_vector(count, 1, 1, oldtype, newtype), or to a call
to MPI_Type_vector(1, count, n, oldtype, newtype), n arbitrary.
.SH ERRORS
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Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the return result
of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument.
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Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler associated
with the communication object (e.g., communicator, window, file) is called.
If no communication object is associated with the MPI call, then the call is
considered attached to MPI_COMM_SELF and will call the associated MPI error
handler. When MPI_COMM_SELF is not initialized (i.e., before
\fI\%MPI_Init\fP/\fI\%MPI_Init_thread\fP, after \fI\%MPI_Finalize\fP, or when using the Sessions
Model exclusively) the error raises the initial error handler. The initial
error handler can be changed by calling \fI\%MPI_Comm_set_errhandler\fP on
MPI_COMM_SELF when using the World model, or the mpi_initial_errhandler CLI
argument to mpiexec or info key to \fI\%MPI_Comm_spawn\fP/\fI\%MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple\fP\&.
If no other appropriate error handler has been set, then the MPI_ERRORS_RETURN
error handler is called for MPI I/O functions and the MPI_ERRORS_ABORT error
handler is called for all other MPI functions.
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Open MPI includes three predefined error handlers that can be used:
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\fBMPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL\fP
Causes the program to abort all connected MPI processes.
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\fBMPI_ERRORS_ABORT\fP
An error handler that can be invoked on a communicator,
window, file, or session. When called on a communicator, it
acts as if \fI\%MPI_Abort\fP was called on that communicator. If
called on a window or file, acts as if \fI\%MPI_Abort\fP was called
on a communicator containing the group of processes in the
corresponding window or file. If called on a session,
aborts only the local process.
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\fBMPI_ERRORS_RETURN\fP
Returns an error code to the application.
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MPI applications can also implement their own error handlers by calling:
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\fI\%MPI_Comm_create_errhandler\fP then \fI\%MPI_Comm_set_errhandler\fP
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\fI\%MPI_File_create_errhandler\fP then \fI\%MPI_File_set_errhandler\fP
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\fI\%MPI_Session_create_errhandler\fP then \fI\%MPI_Session_set_errhandler\fP or at \fI\%MPI_Session_init\fP
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\fI\%MPI_Win_create_errhandler\fP then \fI\%MPI_Win_set_errhandler\fP
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Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past
an error.
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See the \fI\%MPI man page\fP for a full list of \fI\%MPI error codes\fP\&.
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See the Error Handling section of the MPI\-3.1 standard for
more information.
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\fBSEE ALSO:\fP
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\fI\%MPI_Type_create_hvector\fP
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\fI\%MPI_Type_hvector\fP
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.SH COPYRIGHT
2003-2024, The Open MPI Community
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