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section

Definition

The section clause contains a structured block, which makes for a job to be executed by a thread of the team. The section clause must be inside a sections clause.

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#pragma omp section <new-line>
    <structured-block>

Example

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

/**
 * @brief Illustrates how to use a section clause.
 * @details A parallel region is created, in which a sections worksharing
 * construct is built, containing multiple section clauses defining jobs to do
 * by threads.
 **/
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    // Use 4 threads when creating OpenMP parallel regions
    omp_set_num_threads(4);

    // Create the parallel region
    #pragma omp parallel
    {
        // Create the sections
        #pragma omp sections
        {
            // Generate the first section
            #pragma omp section
            {
                printf("Section 1 is executed by thread %d.\n", omp_get_thread_num());
            }

            // Generate the second section
            #pragma omp section
            {
                printf("Section 2 is executed by thread %d.\n", omp_get_thread_num());
            }
        }
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}