{"id":2279,"date":"2024-03-12T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-immediately-start-a-thread-in-c\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T15:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:37:03","slug":"how-to-immediately-start-a-thread-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-immediately-start-a-thread-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"How to immediately start a thread in C++?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To create and immediately run a thread in <a href=\"https:\/\/cplusplus.com\/\">C++<\/a>, you can use the std::thread class and then call the join() method right after creating the thread to wait for it to finish execution. Here is a simple example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;iostream&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;thread&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-type\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">myThreadFunction<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> <\/span>{\r\n    std::cout &lt;&lt; <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Hello from thread!\"<\/span> &lt;&lt; std::endl;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> <\/span>{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\">std::thread <span class=\"hljs-title\">myThread<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(myThreadFunction)<\/span><\/span>; <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u521b\u5efa\u7ebf\u7a0b\u5e76\u6307\u5b9a\u7ebf\u7a0b\u51fd\u6570<\/span>\r\n    myThread.<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">join<\/span>(); <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u7b49\u5f85\u7ebf\u7a0b\u6267\u884c\u5b8c\u6bd5<\/span>\r\n\r\n    std::cout &lt;&lt; <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Main thread is done!\"<\/span> &lt;&lt; std::endl;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, a thread named myThread is created and the myThreadFunction function is called within it. The join() method is then immediately invoked to wait for the thread to finish executing. This ensures that the thread starts running right away, and the main thread waits for it to finish before continuing execution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More tutorials<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-are-the-different-ways-of-creating-threads-in-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What are the different ways of creating threads in C++?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/one-option-for-paraphrasing-java-thread-join-example-natively-could-be-example-of-using-the-java-thread-join-method\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Java Thread Join method<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/multithreading-in-java-that-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multithreading in Java that you need to know<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-the-rpad-function-in-oracle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is the usage of the RPAD function in Oracle?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-solve-the-issue-of-being-unable-to-start-a-thread-in-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to solve the issue of being unable to start a thread in C++?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 cLBplk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-perform-a-join-operation-in-hive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to perform a JOIN operation in Hive?<span class=\"sc-gswNZR eASTkv\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To create and immediately run a thread in C++, you can use the std::thread class and then call the join() method right after creating the thread to wait for it to finish execution. 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