sections (OpenMP)
Identifies code sections to be divided among all threads.
#pragma omp [parallel] sections [clauses]
{
#pragma omp section
{
code_block
}
}
Remarks
where,
- clause (optional)
Zero or more clauses. See the Remarks section for a list of the clauses supported by sections.
Remarks
The sections directive can contain zero or more section directives.
The sections directive supports the following OpenMP clauses:
If parallel is also specified, clause can be any clause accepted by the parallel or sections directives, except nowait.
For more information, see 2.4.2 sections Construct.
Example
// omp_sections.cpp
// compile with: /openmp
#include <stdio.h>
#include <omp.h>
int main() {
#pragma omp parallel sections num_threads(4)
{
printf_s("Hello from thread %d\n", omp_get_thread_num());
#pragma omp section
printf_s("Hello from thread %d\n", omp_get_thread_num());
}
}
Hello from thread 0
Hello from thread 0