hi I want to create datatypes of the form XX000000... 00XX0000... 0000XX00... etc.
I tried MPI_Type_indexed(1, ais, ait, MPI_SHORT, &dtNewType) where ais= {2} and ait = {2} but this only gives me a datatype of the form 00XX, i.e. no holes at the end. I guess MPI_Type_vector won't work, because there seems to be no way to create holes at the beginning of the datatype I need these datatypes to let each process write its data into the file in the following way: XXYYZZXXYYZZXXYYZZ.... (X is data from proc 0, Y is data from proc 1, Z is data from proc 2) My intended approach was to define datatypes of the form XX0000, 00XX00, 0000XX for the respective processors, and then call MPI_File_set_view with displacement 0 and the respective datatypes fo the "filetype" parameter, and finally let each processor write its stuff to file sequentially using MPI_File_write. However, my plan failed since i am unable to create datatypes with holes in front and at the end. What function should i use to create the desired datatypes? Thank You Jody