threading — Easy Examples

Thread-based parallelism: Thread, Lock, RLock, Semaphore, Event, Condition

EasyIntermediateAdvancedExpert

Getting started with threading

Basic import and usage of the threading module.

python
import threading

results = []

def worker(n):
    results.append(n * n)

threads = [threading.Thread(target=worker, args=(i,)) for i in range(5)]
for t in threads: t.start()
for t in threads: t.join()
print(f"Results: {sorted(results)}")

The threading module is part of Python's standard library. Thread-based parallelism: Thread, Lock, RLock, Semaphore, Event, Condition.

Common threading operations

Frequently used functions from the threading module.

python
# More threading examples
import threading

print(f"threading module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {threading.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(threading))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the threading module.

Want to try these examples interactively?

Open Easy Playground
Intermediate Examples →