Thread::get_id() is an in-built function in C++ std::thread. It is an observer function which means it observes a state and then returns the corresponding output. This function returns the value of std::thread::id thus identifying the thread associated with *this.
Syntax:
thread_name.get_id();
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This method returns a value of type std::thread::id identifying the thread associated with *this i.e. the thread which was used to call the get_id function is returned. The default constructed std::thread::id is returned when no such thread is identified.
Below examples demonstrates the use of std::thread::get_id() method:
Note: On the online IDE this program will show error. To compile this, use the flag “-pthread” on g++ compilers compilation with the help of command “g++ –std=c++14 -pthread file.cpp”.
// C++ program to demonstrate the use of // std::thread::get_id #include <chrono> #include <iostream> #include <thread> using namespace std;
// util function for thread creation void sleepThread()
{ this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::seconds(1));
} int main()
{ // creating thread1 and thread2
thread thread1(sleepThread);
thread thread2(sleepThread);
thread ::id t1_id = thread1.get_id();
thread ::id t2_id = thread2.get_id();
cout << "ID associated with thread1= "
<< t1_id << endl;
cout << "ID associated with thread2= "
<< t2_id << endl;
thread1.join();
thread2.join();
return 0;
} |
Possible Output:
ID associated with thread1= 139858743162624 ID associated with thread2= 139858734769920