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I want to create a thread in C so that the thread automatically call after two seconds. I am using Visual Studio and Windows platform for development.
How do I get started?
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A multithreaded program contains two or more parts that can run concurrently. Each part of such a program is called a thread, and each thread defines a separate path of execution. C does not contain any built-in support for multithreaded applications.
In main(), we declare a variable called thread_id, which is of type pthread_t, which is an integer used to identify the thread in the system. After declaring thread_id, we call pthread_create() function to create a thread.
Yes you can use threads with C and there are various libraries you can use to do this, pthreads being one of them.
With computer programming, a thread is a small set of instructions designed to be scheduled and executed by the CPU independently of the parent process. For example, a program may have an open thread waiting for a specific event to occur or running a separate job, allowing the main program to perform other tasks.
You are going to need to use OS specific libraries to do threading. On Posix, you will want to look into pthreads (and specifically pthread_create). On Windows, you'll want CreateThread or _beginthreadex.
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Multithreading in C is platform dependent. You need to use external libraries corresponding to different platforms.
Read about:
Multithreading in C, POSIX style and Multithreading with C and Win32
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C doesn't have built in threading facilities; you will have to use your OS services to create a thread.
For windows use CreateThread function.
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