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libs/mpi/example/random_min.cpp

// Copyright (C) 2006 Douglas Gregor <doug.gregor@gmail.com>

// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

// An example using Boost.MPI's reduce() to compute a minimum value.
#include <boost/mpi.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
namespace mpi = boost::mpi;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  mpi::environment env(argc, argv);
  mpi::communicator world;

  std::srand(time(0) + world.rank());
  int my_number = std::rand();

  if (world.rank() == 0) {
    int minimum;
    reduce(world, my_number, minimum, mpi::minimum<int>(), 0);
    std::cout << "The minimum value is " << minimum << std::endl;
  } else {
    reduce(world, my_number, mpi::minimum<int>(), 0);
  }

  return 0;
}