.\"Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Cart_get 3 "Dec 08, 2009" "1.4" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Cart_get\fP \-  Retrieves Cartesian topology information associated with a communicator.

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Cart_get(MPI_Comm\fI comm\fP, int\fI maxdims\fP, int\fI *dims\fP, int\fI *periods\fP,
	int\fI *coords\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
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INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_CART_GET(\fICOMM\fP, \fIMAXDIMS\fP, \fIDIMS\fP, \fIPERIODS\fP, \fICOORDS\fP, \fIIERROR\fP)
	INTEGER	\fICOMM\fP, \fIMAXDIMS\fP, \fIDIMS\fP(*), \fICOORDS\fP(*), \fIIERROR\fP
	LOGICAL	\fIPERIODS\fP(*)

.SH C++ Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
void Cartcomm::Get_topo(int \fImaxdims\fP, int \fIdims\fP[], 
	bool \fIperiods\fP[], int \fIcoords\fP[]) const 

.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
comm
Communicator with Cartesian structure (handle).
.TP 1i
maxdims
Length of vectors dims, periods, and coords in the calling program (integer).

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
dims
Number of processes for each Cartesian dimension (array of integers).
.TP 1i
periods
Periodicity (true/false) for each Cartesian dimension (array of logicals).
.TP 1i
coords
Coordinates of calling process in Cartesian structure (array of integers). 
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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The functions MPI_Cartdim_get and MPI_Cart_get return the Cartesian topology information that was associated with a communicator by MPI_Cart_create.

.SH 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.
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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.  

.SH SEE ALSO
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MPI_Cartdim_get
MPI_Cart_create