---
name: "PGAReceiveIndividual"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "pgapack"
version: "1.0.0.1-3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PGAReceiveIndividual"
---

# PGAReceiveIndividual(3)

receive an individual from another process

## NAME

PGAReceiveIndividual - receive an individual from another process

## INPUT PARAMETERS

- ctx

  \- contex variable

- p

  \- index of an individual

- pop

  \- symbolic constant of the population

- source

  \- ID of the process from which to receive

- tag

  \- MPI tag to look for

- status

  \- pointer to an MPI status structure

## OUTPUT PARAMETERS

- side

  \-effect.

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include "pgapack.h"
void  PGAReceiveIndividual(ctx, p, pop, source, tag, comm, status)
PGAContext *ctx
int p
int pop
int source
int tag
MPI_Comm comm
MPI_Status *status
```

## LOCATION

parallel.c

## EXAMPLE

```
Receive a string from the master process (rank == 0) with tag
PGA_SR_STRINGTOEVAL, and place it into the first temporary location
in PGA_NEWPOP.
PGAContext *ctx;
MPI_Comm    comm;
MPI_Status  status;
:
PGAReceiveIndividual(ctx, PGA_TEMP1, PGA_NEWPOP, 0, PGA_SR_STRINGTOEVAL,
comm, &status);
```