# MPI_Group_difference

Makes a group from the difference of two groups

## Synopsis

    #include "mpi.h"
    int MPI_Group_difference ( MPI_Group group1, MPI_Group group2,
                             MPI_Group *group_out )

## Input Parameters

| group1 | first group (handle)
| group2 | second group (handle)

## Output Parameter

newgroup
  difference group (handle)

## Notes for Fortran

All MPI routines in Fortran (except for `MPI_WTIME` and `MPI_WTICK`) have an additional argument `ierr` at the end of the argument list. `ierr` is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C. In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with the `call` statement.

All MPI objects (e.g., `MPI_Datatype`, `MPI_Comm`) are of type `INTEGER` in Fortran.

## Errors

All MPI routines (except `MPI_Wtime` and `MPI_Wtick`) return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job. The error handler may be changed with `MPI_Errhandler_set`; the predefined error handler `MPI_ERRORS_RETURN` may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

MPI_SUCCESS
  No error; MPI routine completed successfully.

MPI_ERR_GROUP
  Null group passed to function.

MPI_ERR_INTERN
  This error is returned when some part of the MPICH implementation is unable to acquire memory.

## See Also

MPI_Group_free

Location:group_diff.c