---
name: "MPI_Type_create_hindexed_block"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "openmpi"
version: "5.0.11-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MPI_Type_create_hindexed_block"
---

# MPI\_Type\_create\_hindexed\_block(3)

*MPI\_Type\_create\_indexed\_block*, *MPI\_Type\_create\_hindexed\_block* - Creates an indexed data type with the same block length for all blocks.

## SYNTAX

### C Syntax

```
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Type_create_indexed_block(int count, int blocklength, const int array_of_displacements[], MPI_Datatype oldtype, MPI_Datatype *newtype)
int MPI_Type_create_hindexed_block(int count, int blocklength, const MPI_Aint array_of_displacements[], MPI_Datatype oldtype, MPI_Datatype *newtype)
```

### Fortran Syntax

```
USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_TYPE_CREATE_INDEXED_BLOCK(COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH,
             ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR)
     INTEGER COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH, ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS(*),
             OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR
MPI_TYPE_CREATE_HINDEXED_BLOCK(COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH,
             ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR)
     INTEGER COUNT, BLOCKLENGTH, OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE
     INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND) ARRAY_OF_DISPLACEMENTS(*)
     INTEGER IERROR
```

### Fortran 2008 Syntax

```
USE mpi_f08
MPI_Type_create_indexed_block(count, blocklength, array_of_displacements,
             oldtype, newtype, ierror)
     INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: count, blocklength,
     array_of_displacements(count)
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: oldtype
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(OUT) :: newtype
     INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror
MPI_Type_create_hindexed_block(count, blocklength, array_of_displacements,
             oldtype, newtype, ierror)
     INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: count, blocklength
     INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND), INTENT(IN) ::
     array_of_displacements(count)
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: oldtype
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(OUT) :: newtype
     INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror
```

## INPUT PARAMETERS

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  **count**: Length of array of displacements (integer).

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  **blocklength**: Size of block (integer).

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  **array\_of\_displacements**: Array of displacements (array of integers). In units of the extent of *oldtype* for MPI\_Type\_create\_indexed\_block and bytes for MPI\_Type\_create\_hindexed\_block.

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  **oldtype**: Old data type (handle).

## OUTPUT PARAMETERS

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  **newtype**: New data type (handle).

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  **ierror**: Fortran only: Error status (integer).

## DESCRIPTION

*MPI\_Type\_create\_indexed\_block* and *MPI\_Type\_create\_hindexed\_block* create an indexed data type with the same block length for all blocks. The only difference between the two functions is *MPI\_Type\_create\_indexed\_block* takes an array of displacements in units of the extent of *oldtype* while *MPI\_Type\_create\_hindexed\_block* takes displacements in bytes.

## ERRORS

Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the return result of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument.

Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler associated with the communication object (e.g., communicator, window, file) is called. If no communication object is associated with the MPI call, then the call is considered attached to MPI\_COMM\_SELF and will call the associated MPI error handler. When MPI\_COMM\_SELF is not initialized (i.e., before *MPI\_Init*/*MPI\_Init\_thread*, after *MPI\_Finalize*, or when using the Sessions Model exclusively) the error raises the initial error handler. The initial error handler can be changed by calling *MPI\_Comm\_set\_errhandler* on MPI\_COMM\_SELF when using the World model, or the mpi\_initial\_errhandler CLI argument to mpiexec or info key to *MPI\_Comm\_spawn*/*MPI\_Comm\_spawn\_multiple*. If no other appropriate error handler has been set, then the MPI\_ERRORS\_RETURN error handler is called for MPI I/O functions and the MPI\_ERRORS\_ABORT error handler is called for all other MPI functions.

Open MPI includes three predefined error handlers that can be used:

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  **MPI\_ERRORS\_ARE\_FATAL** Causes the program to abort all connected MPI processes.

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  **MPI\_ERRORS\_ABORT** An error handler that can be invoked on a communicator, window, file, or session. When called on a communicator, it acts as if *MPI\_Abort* was called on that communicator. If called on a window or file, acts as if *MPI\_Abort* was called on a communicator containing the group of processes in the corresponding window or file. If called on a session, aborts only the local process.

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  **MPI\_ERRORS\_RETURN** Returns an error code to the application.

MPI applications can also implement their own error handlers by calling:

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  *MPI\_Comm\_create\_errhandler* then *MPI\_Comm\_set\_errhandler*

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  *MPI\_File\_create\_errhandler* then *MPI\_File\_set\_errhandler*

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  *MPI\_Session\_create\_errhandler* then *MPI\_Session\_set\_errhandler* or at *MPI\_Session\_init*

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  *MPI\_Win\_create\_errhandler* then *MPI\_Win\_set\_errhandler*

Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

See the *MPI man page* for a full list of *MPI error codes*.

See the Error Handling section of the MPI-3.1 standard for more information.

**SEE ALSO:**

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  *MPI\_Type\_indexed*

## COPYRIGHT

2003-2026, The Open MPI Community