Ruby | Thread alive? function

Thread#alive?() : alive?() is a Thread class method which checks whether the thread is running or sleeping.

Syntax: Thread.alive?()

Parameter: Thread values

Return: true – if running
else false

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Thread.alive?() method

# declaring Thread
a = Thread.new { print "a"; Thread.stop; print "c" }

# alive? form
puts "Thread a alive?() form : #{a.alive?()}\n\n"

Output :

Thread a alive?() form : true

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Thread.alive?() method

# declaring Thread
a = Thread.new { puts "HI! I am learning to code"}

# alive? form
puts "Thread a alive?() form : #{a.alive?()}\n\n"

Output :

Thread a alive?() form : true

HI! I am learning to code