[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]

Broadcast a value from the root process to every process within the communication. See Broadcast<(Of <(T>)>)(T%, Int32).

Namespace:  MPI
Assembly:  MPI (in MPI.dll)
Version: 0.8.0.0 (0.8.0.0)

Syntax

C#
public static int MPI_Bcast(
	IntPtr buffer,
	int count,
	int datatype,
	int root,
	int comm
)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function MPI_Bcast ( _
	buffer As IntPtr, _
	count As Integer, _
	datatype As Integer, _
	root As Integer, _
	comm As Integer _
) As Integer
Visual C++
public:
static int MPI_Bcast(
	IntPtr buffer, 
	int count, 
	int datatype, 
	int root, 
	int comm
)

Parameters

buffer
Type: System..::.IntPtr
Pointer to the data that will be broadcast. At the root, this buffer will be read; in all other processes, the buffer will be written.
count
Type: System..::.Int32
The number of elements that buffer points to.
datatype
Type: System..::.Int32
The type of data stored in the buffer.
root
Type: System..::.Int32
The rank of the root processor, from which the data will be broadcast.
comm
Type: System..::.Int32
The communicator over which the data will be transmitted.

See Also