.TH MPIR_Type_contiguous 3 "11/12/2019" " " "MPI"
.SH NAME
MPIR_Type_contiguous \-  create a contiguous datatype 
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
int MPIR_Type_contiguous(int count, MPI_Datatype oldtype, MPI_Datatype * newtype)
.fi
.SH INPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
.B count 
- number of elements in the contiguous block
.PD 1
.PD 0
.TP
.B oldtype 
- type (using handle) of datatype on which vector is based
.PD 1

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.PD 0
.TP
.B newtype 
- handle of new contiguous datatype
.PD 1

.SH RETURN VALUE
MPI_SUCCESS on success, MPI error code on failure.