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= SDL_GetThreadName =

Get the thread name as it was specified in [[SDL_CreateThread]]().

== Syntax ==

<syntaxhighlight lang='c'>
const char* SDL_GetThreadName(SDL_Thread *thread);
</syntaxhighlight>

== Function Parameters ==

{|
|'''thread'''
|the thread to query
|}

== Return Value ==

Returns a pointer to a UTF-8 string that names the specified thread, or
NULL if it doesn't have a name.

== Remarks ==

This is internal memory, not to be freed by the caller, and remains valid
until the specified thread is cleaned up by [[SDL_WaitThread]]().

== Version ==

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

== Related Functions ==

:[[SDL_CreateThread]]

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[[CategoryAPI]], [[CategoryThread]]