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#include <SDL_thread.h>
#include <SDL_timer.h>
#include "SDL_thread.h"
#include "SDL_timer.h"

SDL_GetThreadID

Use this function to get the thread identifier for the specified thread.

Syntax

SDL_threadID SDL_GetThreadID(SDL_Thread* thread)

Function Parameters

thread

The thread to query

Return Value

Returns the ID of the specified thread, or the ID of the current thread if thread is NULL.

Code Examples

#include <stdio.h>
#include "SDL_thread.h"
#include "SDL_timer.h"

int TestThread( void *ptr );

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        SDL_Thread   *thread;
        SDL_threadID threadID;
        int          threadReturnValue;

        printf("\nSimple SDL_CreateThread test:");

        // Simply create a thread
        thread = SDL_CreateThread(TestThread, "TestThread", (void *)NULL);

        if( NULL == thread )
        {
           printf("\nSDL_CreateThread failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
           exit(-1);
        }

        // Retrieve the ID for the newly launched thread
        threadID = SDL_GetThreadID( thread );

        // Wait for the thread to complete and get the return code
        SDL_WaitThread( thread, &threadReturnValue);
        printf("\nThread returned value:%d", threadReturnValue);

        return 1;
}

// Very simple thread - counts 0 to 9 delaying 50ms between increments
int TestThread( void *ptr )
{
        int        cnt;

        for(cnt=0;cnt<10;cnt++)
        {
                printf( "\nThread counter: %d", cnt);
                SDL_Delay(50);
        }

        return cnt;
}

Remarks

This thread identifier is as reported by the underlying operating system. If SDL is running on a platform that does not support threads the return value will always be zero.


CategoryAPI, CategoryThread

None: SDL_GetThreadID (last edited 2017-03-11 22:48:55 by PhilippWiesemann)

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