MPI_Type_create_indexed_block(3)					MPI					  MPI_Type_create_indexed_block(3)

NAME

       MPI_Type_create_indexed_block -	Create an indexed datatype with constant-sized blocks

SYNOPSIS

       int MPI_Type_create_indexed_block(int count,
				      int blocklength,
				      int array_of_displacements[],
				      MPI_Datatype oldtype,
				      MPI_Datatype *newtype)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       count  - length of array of displacements (integer)
       blocklength
	      - size of block (integer)
       array_of_displacements
	      - array of displacements (array of integer)
       oldtype
	      - old datatype (handle)

OUTPUT PARAMETER

       newtype
	      - new datatype (handle)

NOTES

       The indices are displacements, and are based on a zero origin.  A common error is to do something like the following
       integer a(100)
       integer blens(10), indices(10)
       do i=1,10
       10	indices(i) = 1 + (i-1)*10
       call MPI_TYPE_CREATE_INDEXED_BLOCK(10,1,indices,MPI_INTEGER,newtype,ierr)
       call MPI_TYPE_COMMIT(newtype,ierr)
       call MPI_SEND(a,1,newtype,...)

       expecting this to send a(1),a(11),...  because the indices have values 1,11,...	.  Because these are displacements from the beginning of a
       , it actually sends a(1+1),a(1+11),...  .

       If you wish to consider the displacements as indices into a Fortran array, consider declaring the Fortran array with a zero origin
       integer a(0:99)

THREAD AND INTERRUPT SAFETY

       This routine is thread-safe.  This means that this routine may be safely used by multiple threads without the need  for	any  user-provided
       thread  locks.  However, the routine is not interrupt safe.  Typically, this is due to the use of memory allocation routines such as malloc
       or other non-MPICH runtime routines that are themselves not interrupt-safe.

NOTES FOR FORTRAN

       All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK ) have an additional argument ierr at the end of the argument  list.   ierr
       is  an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C.  In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked
       with the call statement.

       All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype , MPI_Comm ) are of type INTEGER in Fortran.

ERRORS

       All MPI routines (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick ) return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran  routines	in
       the  last  argument.  Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called.  By default, this error handler aborts the MPI
       job.  The error handler may  be	changed  with  MPI_Comm_set_errhandler	(for  communicators),  MPI_File_set_errhandler	(for  files),  and
       MPI_Win_set_errhandler  (for  RMA  windows).   The  MPI-1 routine MPI_Errhandler_set may be used but its use is deprecated.  The predefined
       error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned.  Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can
       continue past an error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever possible.

       MPI_SUCCESS
	      - No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
       MPI_ERR_TYPE
	      - Invalid datatype argument.  May be an uncommitted MPI_Datatype (see MPI_Type_commit ).
       MPI_ERR_ARG
	      - Invalid argument.  Some argument is invalid and is not identified by a specific error class (e.g., MPI_ERR_RANK ).

LOCATION

       type_create_indexed_block.c

								     7/29/2010					  MPI_Type_create_indexed_block(3)