Create a function that you want the thread to execute, eg:
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void task1(std::string msg)
{
std::cout << "task1 says: " << msg;
}
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Now create the thread object that will ultimately invoke the function above like so:
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std::thread t1(task1, "Hello");
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(You need to #include to access the std::thread class)
The constructor's arguments are the function the thread will execute, followed by the function's parameters. The thread is automatically started upon construction.
If later on you want to wait for the thread to be done executing the function, call:
t1.join();
(Joining means that the thread who invoked the new thread will wait for the new thread to finish execution, before it will continue its own execution).