Ruby | Thread terminate() function

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

Syntax: Thread.terminate()

Parameter: Thread values

Return: terminates the thread

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Thread.terminate() method

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

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

Output :

Thread a terminate() form : #

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Thread.terminate() method

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

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

Output :

Thread a terminate() 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.