omp_get_thread_num

Definition

omp_get_thread_num returns the identifier of the calling thread. Although spellings are close, do not confuse this function with omp_get_num_threads.

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int omp_get_thread_num();

Returned value

The identifier of the calling thread.

Example

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <omp.h>

/**
 * @brief Illustrates how to get a thread identifier.
 * @details This code generates a parallel region, in which threads print their
 * identifier.
 **/
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    // Tell OpenMP to use 4 threads in parallel regions
    omp_set_num_threads(4);

    // Create the OpenMP parallel region, which will contain 4 threads
    #pragma omp parallel
    {
        // Each thread prints its identifier
        printf("I am thread %d.\n", omp_get_thread_num());
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}