#pragma omp parallel num_threads is not working

Question

    #include<omp.h>
    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<stdlib.h>

    void main(int argc, int *argv[]){


   #pragma omp parallel num_threads(3)
   {

    int tid = omp_get_thread_num();
    printf("Hello world from thread = %d \n",tid);
    if(tid == 0){
        int nthreads = omp_get_num_threads();
        printf("Number of threads = %d\n",nthreads);
    }
   }

  }

I am learning OpenMP and I don't understand why it executes only one thread when I have specified the number of threads 3? The program ouptut:

   Hello world from thread = 0
   Number of threads = 1

You may have compiled it in a wrong way. In gcc for example, if you compile and link separately be sure to have -fopenmp for linking and compiling. It should be similar for other compilers as well. — andreee
How did you compile this? If it was in Visual Studio, you will have to explicitly enable OpenMP. — Jonathan Dursi

Trantor Trantor · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-02T09:47:03

In VisualStudio just switch on OMP. You can refer to https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/fw509c3b(v=vs.120).aspx

#pragma omp parallel num_threads is not working

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