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There are 3 basic functions in OpenMP namely omp_get_thread_num, omp_set_num_threads (nthreads) and omp_get_num_threads.

Functions

  • omp_get_thread_num() - get the thread rank in a parallel region (0- omp_get_num_threads() -1)
  • omp_set_num_threads(nthreads) - set the number of threads used in a parallel region
  • omp_get_num_threads() - get the number of threads used in a parallel region

Example


#include <omp.h>
int omp_get_thread_num();
# pragma omp parallel
{
  printf("Thread rank: %d\n", omp_get_thread_num());
}

Output

Note that the thread rank is not in order:


Thread rank:  2
Thread rank:  0
Thread rank:  3
Thread rank:  1
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