Fortran Syntax

MPI_Cartdim_get

MPI_Cartdim_get determines the number of dimensions of a subgrid communicator.

On occasions, a subgrid communicator may be created in one routine and is subsequently used in another routine. If the dimensions of the subgrid is not available, it can be determined by this routine.

Fortran Syntax

Subroutine MPI_Cartdim_get(subgrid_comm, ndims, ierr)

C Syntax

int MPI_Cartdim_get(MPI_Comm subgrid_comm, int* ndims)

Example in Fortran

!**create column subgrids
      belongs(0) = .true.
      belongs(1) = .false.
      call MPI_Cart_sub(grid_comm, belongs, col_comm, ierr) 
!**determines the dimensions of the column subgrid from its communicator 
      call MPI_Cartdim_get(col_comm, ndims, ierr)

We have just demonstrated the use of MPI_Cartdim_get to divide a cartesian grid into subgrids of lower dimensions. It is important to note that subgrids are treated as entities. Let say that you want to send a row or a column of a 2D matrix, set up as a subgrid, to a process. The count input parameter, required by the MPI_Send to indicate the buffer size, is 1 (one), not the number of elements in the row or column. On occasions, the information regarding a subgrid may not be available, as in the case where the subgrid communicator was created in one routine and is used in another. In such a situation, MPI_Cartdim_get may be called to find out the dimensions of the subgrid. Armed with this information, additional information may be obtained by calling MPI_Cart_get. We will discuss this routine next.