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//program to create a thread to add two numbers passed by the main process.

#include<stdio.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include<pthread.h>
void *thread_function(void *arg);
int num[2]={3,5};

int main()
{
pthread_t a_thread; // thread declaration
void *result;//going to store the return by the function
pthread_create(&a_thread,NULL,thread_function,(void *)num); //thread created
pthread_join(a_thread,&result); //PROCESS WAITS FOR THREAD TO FINISH.COMMENT THIS
LINE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE.IT IS RETURNING NOTHING TO MAIN HERE SO NULL.
printf("inside main process\n");
printf("threads returns : %s\n",(char *)result);
}

void *thread_function(void *args)


{
printf("inside thread\n");
int *x =args;
int sum = x[0]+x[1];
printf("sum is %d\n",sum);
pthread_exit("sum calculated"); // returns a string to the main process

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