Ruby | Thread kill() function

Thread#kill() : kill() is a Thread class method which is used to terminates the thread and schedules another thread to be run.

Syntax: Thread.kill()

Parameter: Thread values

Return: terminates the thread

Example#1 :

# Ruby code for Thread.kill() method

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

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

Output :

Thread a kill() form : #

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Thread.kill() method

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

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

Output :

Thread a kill() form : #

Note :
The thread object generated in the output depends on the system and pointer value. So, it may vary each time the code is run.

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