Ruby | Thread kill() function

Last Updated : 06 Dec, 2019

Thread#kill() : kill() is a Thread class method which is used to terminates the thread and schedules another thread to be run.

Syntax: Thread.kill()

Parameter: Thread values

Return: terminates the thread

Example#1 :

# Ruby code for Thread.kill() method 
  
# declaring Thread  
a = Thread.new { print "a"; Thread.stop; print "c" } 
  
# kill form 
puts "Thread a kill() form : #{a.kill()}\n\n"

Output :

Thread a kill() form : #

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Thread.kill() method 
  
# declaring Thread  
a = Thread.new { puts "HI! I am learning to code"} 
  
# kill form 
puts "Thread a kill() form : #{a.kill()}\n\n"