.\"Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Error_string 3 "Dec 08, 2009" "1.4" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Error_string \fP \- Returns a string for a given error code.

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Error_string(int \fIerrorcode\fP, char\fI *string\fP, int\fI *resultlen\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
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INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_ERROR_STRING(\fIERRORCODE, STRING, RESULTLEN, IERROR\fP)
	INTEGER		\fIERRORCODE, RESULTLEN, IERROR\fP
	CHARACTER*(*)	\fISTRING\fP 

.SH C++ Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
void Get_error_string(int \fIerrorcode\fP, char* \fIname\fP, int& \fIresultlen\fP)

.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
errorcode
Error code returned by an MPI routine or an MPI error class.

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
string
Text that corresponds to the errorcode.
.TP 1i
resultlen
Length of string.
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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Returns the error string associated with an error code or class. The argument string must represent storage that is at least MPI_MAX_ERROR_STRING characters long. 
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The number of characters actually written is returned in the output
argument, resultlen. 

.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.
.sp
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_Error_class