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Methods of Threads

Explore core methods provided by C++ to manage threads effectively. Understand how to control thread lifetimes with join and detach, retrieve thread identities, handle concurrency levels, and manage thread execution with sleep and yield operations. This lesson helps you gain practical skills to optimize multithreaded applications using standard C++ features.

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Here is the interface of std::​thread t in a concise table. For additional details, please refer to cppreference.com.

Method Description
t.join() Waits until thread t has finished its executable unit.
t.detach() Executes the created thread t independently of the creator.
t.joinable() Returns true if thread t is still
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