How to run multiple threads in C++ code

Question

I'm a beginner for c++. I wrote a program to extract data from one DB and store those data to another DB. I just want to add multiple threads to speed up the process. I hope to do this in two ways.

Extract data from the first DB and store those data in memory. (In this case, I need to those data in two std::vector types)
while extracting data from the database, if vector size is more than 10000, two threads need to invoke and need to start, get data from two vectors(separately) and store those data in the second database.

Consider the below example. It's a simple code to demonstrate the above scenario. There is a for-loop with huge iterations. I need to start two threads for this code to extract data from dataOne and dataTwo vectors (separate threads for both) and store those data in dataThree and dataFour vectors when the i = 10000.

using namespace std;

int main(){

   std::vector<std::vector<int>> dataOne;
   std::vector<std::vector<int>> dataTwo;

   std::vector<std::vector<int>> dataThree;
   std::vector<std::vector<int>> dataFour;

   for(int i=0; i < 10000000; i++){
       std::vector<int> temp = {1,2,3};
       dataOne.push_back(temp);          //store data in vector-one 

       std::vector<int> temp2 = {3,4,5};
       dataTwo.push_back(temp2);        //store data in vector-two      
   }
}

when i=10000, there should be three threads running,

Thread one - Getting data from dataOne vector and store in dataThree
Thread two - Getting data from dataTwo vector and store in dataFour
Thread main - process the for-loop in main function

anyone can help me to solve this?

Unrelated, but you don't need using namespace std; since you use std:: prefix everywhere — Killzone Kid
@KillzoneKid and in fact using namespace std is a bad idea to start with — Paul
@KillzoneKid I guess he's used it for convenience, just like everyone else. But sooner or later that little convenience will haunt you — Paul

Emilio Garavaglia Emilio Garavaglia · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-26T18:28:22

Just use std::tread: cplusplus std::thread

I just report the example:

// thread example
#include <iostream>       // std::cout
#include <thread>         // std::thread

void foo() 
{
  // do stuff...
}

void bar(int x)
{
  // do stuff...
}

int main() 
{
  std::thread first (foo);     // spawn new thread that calls foo()
  std::thread second (bar,0);  // spawn new thread that calls bar(0)

  std::cout << "main, foo and bar now execute concurrently...\n";

  // synchronize threads:
  first.join();                // pauses until first finishes
  second.join();               // pauses until second finishes

  std::cout << "foo and bar completed.\n";

  return 0;
}

How to run multiple threads in C++ code

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