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NAME

       MPI_Type_size  -  Returns  the number of bytes occupied by entries in a
       data type.

SYNTAX


C Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Type_size(MPI_Datatype datatype, int *size)

Fortran Syntax

       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TYPE_SIZE(DATATYPE, SIZE, IERROR)
            INTEGER   DATATYPE, SIZE, IERROR

C++ Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int Datatype::Get_size() const

INPUT PARAMETER

       datatype  Datatype (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       size      Datatype size (integer).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       MPI_Type_size returns the total size, in bytes, of the entries  in  the
       type  signature  associated  with datatype; i.e., the total size of the
       data in a message that would be created  with  this  datatype.  Entries
       that occur multiple times in the datatype are counted with their multi-
       plicity.

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++ func-
       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.

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