# MPI_Type_create_subarray

Create a datatype for a subarray of a regular, multidimensional array

## Synopsis

    int MPI_Type_create_subarray(int ndims,
                               const int array_of_sizes[],
                               const int array_of_subsizes[],
                               const int array_of_starts[],
                               int order,
                               MPI_Datatype oldtype,
                               MPI_Datatype *newtype)

## Input Parameters

ndims
  number of array dimensions (positive integer)
array_of_sizes
  number of elements of type oldtype in each dimension of the full array (array of positive integers)
array_of_subsizes
  number of elements of type oldtype in each dimension of the subarray (array of positive integers)
array_of_starts
  starting coordinates of the subarray in each dimension (array of nonnegative integers)
order
  array storage order flag (state)
oldtype
  array element datatype (handle)

## Output Parameters

newtype
  new datatype (handle)

## Thread and Interrupt Safety

This routine is thread-safe. This means that this routine may be safely used by multiple threads without the need for any user-provided thread locks. However, the routine is not interrupt safe. Typically, this is due to the use of memory allocation routines such as `malloc` or other non-MPICH runtime routines that are themselves not interrupt-safe.

## Notes for Fortran

All MPI routines in Fortran (except for `MPI_WTIME` and `MPI_WTICK`) have an additional argument `ierr` at the end of the argument list. `ierr` is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C. In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with the `call` statement.

All MPI objects (e.g., `MPI_Datatype`, `MPI_Comm`) are of type `INTEGER` in Fortran.

## Errors

All MPI routines (except `MPI_Wtime` and `MPI_Wtick`) return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job. The error handler may be changed with `MPI_Comm_set_errhandler` (for communicators), `MPI_File_set_errhandler` (for files), and `MPI_Win_set_errhandler` (for RMA windows). The MPI-1 routine `MPI_Errhandler_set` may be used but its use is deprecated. The predefined error handler `MPI_ERRORS_RETURN` may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue past an error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever possible.

MPI_SUCCESS
  No error; MPI routine completed successfully.

MPI_ERR_TYPE
  Invalid datatype argument. Additionally, this error can occur if an uncommitted MPI_Datatype (see `MPI_Type_commit`) is used in a communication call.

MPI_ERR_ARG
  Invalid argument. Some argument is invalid and is not identified by a specific error class (e.g., `MPI_ERR_RANK`).