(This is the legacy documentation for SDL2, the previous stable version; SDL3 is the current stable version.)

SDL_GetThreadID

Get the thread identifier for the specified thread.

Header File

Syntax

SDL_threadID SDL_GetThreadID(SDL_Thread * thread);

Function Parameters

SDL_Thread *

thread

the thread to query.

Return Value

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

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.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.