NAME

       MPI_Graph_neighbors  - Returns the neighbors of a node associated with a graph topology.

SYNTAX

C Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Graph_neighbors(MPI_Comm comm, int rank, int maxneighbors,
            int neighbors[])

Fortran Syntax

       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_GRAPH_NEIGHBORS(COMM, RANK, MAXNEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS, IERROR)
            INTEGER   COMM, RANK, MAXNEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS(*), IERROR

C++ Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       void Graphcomm::Get_neighbors(int rank, int maxneighbors,
            int neighbors[]) const

INPUT PARAMETERS

       comm      Communicator with graph topology (handle).

       rank      Rank of process in group of comm (integer).

       maxneighbors
                 Size of array neighbors (integer).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       neighbors Ranks of processes that are neighbors to specified process (array of integers).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       Example:   Suppose that comm is a communicator with a shuffle-exchange topology. The group
       has 2n members. Each process is labeled by a(1), ..., a(n) with a(i) E{0,1}, and has three
       neighbors:  exchange  (a(1), ...,  a(n)  =  a(1), ...,  a(n-1),  a(n) (a = 1 - a), shuffle
       (a(1), ..., a(n)) = a(2), ...,  a(n),  a(1),  and  unshuffle  (a(1), ...,  a(n))  =  a(n),
       a(1), ..., a(n-1). The graph adjacency list is illustrated below for n=3.

                      exchange       shuffle        unshuffle
           node       neighbors(1)   neighbors(2)   neighbors(3)
           0(000)         1              0              0
           1(001)         0              2              4
           2(010)         3              4              1
           3(011)         2              6              5
           4(100)         5              1              2
           5(101)         4              3              6
           6(110)         7              5              3
           7(111)         6              7              7

       Suppose  that  the  communicator  comm has this topology associated with it. The following
       code fragment cycles through the three types of  neighbors  and  performs  an  appropriate
       permutation for each.

       C  assume: each process has stored a real number A.
       C  extract neighborhood information
             CALL MPI_COMM_RANK(comm, myrank, ierr)
             CALL MPI_GRAPH_NEIGHBORS(comm, myrank, 3, neighbors, ierr)
       C  perform exchange permutation
             CALL MPI_SENDRECV_REPLACE(A, 1, MPI_REAL, neighbors(1), 0,
            +     neighbors(1), 0, comm, status, ierr)
       C  perform shuffle permutation
             CALL MPI_SENDRECV_REPLACE(A, 1, MPI_REAL, neighbors(2), 0,
            +     neighbors(3), 0, comm, status, ierr)
       C  perform unshuffle permutation
             CALL MPI_SENDRECV_REPLACE(A, 1, MPI_REAL, neighbors(3), 0,
            +     neighbors(2), 0, comm, status, ierr)

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.

       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.

SEE ALSO

       MPI_Graph_neighbors_count