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NAME

       MPI_Comm_create - Creates a new communicator.

SYNTAX


C Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Comm_create(MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Group group, MPI_Comm *newcomm)

Fortran Syntax

       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_COMM_CREATE(COMM, GROUP, NEWCOMM, IERROR)
            INTEGER   COMM, GROUP, NEW, IERROR

C++ Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       MPI::Intercomm MPI::Intercomm::Create(const Group& group) const

       MPI::Intracomm MPI::Intracomm::Create(const Group& group) const

INPUT PARAMETER

       comm      Communicator (handle).

       group     Group, which is a subset of the group of comm (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       newcomm   New communicator (handle).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  creates  a  new communicator newcomm with communication
       group defined by group and a new context. The function sets newcomm  to
       a  new communicator that spans all the processes that are in the group.
       It sets newcomm to MPI_COMM_NULL for processes  that  are  not  in  the
       group.   The call is erroneous if not all group arguments have the same
       value, or if group is not a subset of the group associated  with  comm.
       Note  that  the call must be executed by all processes in comm, even if
       they do not belong to the new group.

NOTES

       MPI_Comm_create provides a means of making a subset  of  processes  for
       the  purpose  of separate MIMD computation, with separate communication
       space. newcomm, which is created by MPI_Comm_create,  can  be  used  in
       subsequent  calls  to  MPI_Comm_create (or other communicator construc-
       tors) to further subdivide a  computation  into  parallel  sub-computa-
       tions. A more general service is provided by MPI_Comm_split.

ERRORS

       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_Comm_split

       MPI_Intercomm_create

Open MPI 1.2                    September 2006       MPI_Comm_create(3OpenMPI)

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