:ref:`MPI_Group_difference` |mdash| Makes a group from the difference of two groups.
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Group_difference(MPI_Group group1, MPI_Group group2,
MPI_Group *newgroup)
USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_GROUP_DIFFERENCE(GROUP1, GROUP2, NEWGROUP, IERROR)
INTEGER GROUP1, GROUP2, NEWGROUP, IERROR
USE mpi_f08
MPI_Group_difference(group1, group2, newgroup, ierror)
TYPE(MPI_Group), INTENT(IN) :: group1, group2
TYPE(MPI_Group), INTENT(OUT) :: newgroup
INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror
group1
: First group (handle).group2
: Second group (handle).
newgroup
: Difference group (handle).ierror
: Fortran only: Error status (integer).
The set-like operations are defined as follows:
- union |mdash| All elements of the first group (group1), followed by all
- elements of second group (group2) that are not in the first group
- intersect |mdash| all elements of the first group that are also in the
- second group, ordered as in first group
- difference |mdash| all elements of the first group that are not in the
- second group, ordered as in the first group
Note that for these operations the order of processes in the output group is determined primarily by order in the first group (if possible) and then, if necessary, by order in the second group. Neither union nor intersection are commutative, but both are associative.
The new group can be empty, that is, equal to MPI_GROUP_EMPTY.
.. seealso:: :ref:`MPI_Group_free`