.\"Copyright 2006-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Thinking Machines Corporation
.TH MPI_Cartdim_get 3 "#OMPI_DATE#" "#PACKAGE_VERSION#" "#PACKAGE_NAME#"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Cartdim_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_Cartdim_get(MPI_Comm\fI comm\fP, int\fI *ndims\fP)

.SH Fortran Syntax
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INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_CARTDIM_GET(\fICOMM, NDIMS, IERROR\fP)
	INTEGER	\fICOMM, NDIMS, IERROR\fP

.SH C++ Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int Cartcomm::Get_dim() const

.SH INPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
comm
Communicator with Cartesian structure (handle).

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
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.TP 1i
ndims
Number of dimensions of the Cartesian structure (integer).
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer). 

.SH DESCRIPTION
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MPI_Cartdim_get returns the number of dimensions of the Cartesian structure. 

.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_Cart_get
MPI_Cart_create