MPI_Type_hvector(3)                Open MPI                MPI_Type_hvector(3)



NAME
       MPI_Type_hvector - Creates a vector (strided) datatype with offset in
       bytes -- use of this routine is deprecated.


SYNTAX
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_hvector(int count, int blocklength, MPI_Aint stride,
            MPI_Datatype oldtype, MPI_Datatype *newtype)


Fortran Syntax
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_HVECTOR(COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH, STRIDE, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE,
                 IERROR)
            INTEGER   COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH, STRIDE, OLDTYPE
            INTEGER   NEWTYPE, IERROR


INPUT PARAMETERS
       count     Number of blocks (nonnegative integer).

       blocklength
                 Number of elements in each block (nonnegative integer).

       stride    Number of bytes between start of each block (integer).

       oldtype   Old datatype (handle).


OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       newtype   New datatype (handle).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).


DESCRIPTION
       Note that use of this routine is deprecated as of MPI-2. Use
       MPI_Type_create_hvector instead.

       This deprecated routine is not available in C++.

       The function MPI_Type_hvector is identical to MPI_Type_vector, except
       that stride is given in bytes, rather than in elements. The use for
       both types of vector constructors is illustrated in the examples in
       Section 3.12.7 of the MPI-1 Standard.

       Assume that oldtype has type map

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

       with extent ex. Let bl be the blocklength. The newly created datatype
       has a type map with   count * bl * n  entries:

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


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.


SEE ALSO
       MPI_Type_create_hvector
       MPI_Type_vector




1.4.1                            Jan 14, 2010              MPI_Type_hvector(3)
