threadEx2.c

//Program to create a thread. The thread is passed more than one input from the main process.
//For passing multiple inputs we need to create structure and include all the variables that are to be passed in this structure.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>

struct arg_struct {   //structure which contains multiple variables that are to passed as input to the thread
    int arg1;
    int arg2;
};

void *arguments(void *arguments)
{
    struct arg_struct *args=arguments;
    printf("%d\n", args -> arg1);
    printf("%d\n", args -> arg2);
    pthread_exit(NULL);
    
}

int main()
{
    pthread_t t;
    struct arg_struct args;
    args.arg1 = 5;
    args.arg2 = 7;

    pthread_create(&t, NULL, arguments, &args); //structure passed as 4th argument
        
    pthread_join(t, NULL); /* Wait until thread is finished */
}