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MPI_Comm_rank - Determines the rank of the calling process in the
communicator. 
 
 #include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_Comm comm, int *rank)
 
 INCLUDE ’mpif.h’
MPI_COMM_RANK(COMM, RANK, IERROR)
    INTEGER    COMM, RANK, IERROR
 
 #include <mpi.h>
int Comm::Get_rank() const
 
comm Communicator (handle).
  
This function gives the rank of the
process in the particular communicator’s group. It is equivalent to accessing
the communicator’s group with MPI_Comm_group, computing the rank using MPI_Group_rank,
and then freeing the temporary group via MPI_Group_free.rank Rank
of the calling process in group of comm (integer). IERROR Fortran only:
Error status (integer).
  
Many programs will
be written with the master-slave model, where one process (such as the rank-zero
process) will play a supervisory role, and the other processes will serve
as compute nodes. In this framework, MPI_Comm_size and MPI_Comm_rank are
useful for determining the roles of the various processes of a communicator.
 
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. 
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.
 
 
 MPI_Comm_group
MPI_Comm_size
MPI_Comm_compare
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