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# std::try_lock

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Defined in header `<mutex>` |  |
template< class Lockable1, class Lockable2, class LockableN... > int try_lock( Lockable1& lock1, Lockable2& lock2, LockableN& lockn... ); |  | (since C++11)

Tries to lock each of the given `Lockable` objects `lock1`, `lock2`, `...`, `lockn` by calling `try_lock` in order beginning with the first.

If a call to `try_lock` fails, `unlock` is called for any locked objects and a `0`-based index of the object that failed to lock is returned.

If a call to `try_lock` results in an exception, `unlock` is called for any locked objects before rethrowing.

### [edit] Parameters

lock1, lock2, ... , lockn | - | the `Lockable` objects to lock

### [edit] Return value

`-1` on success, or `0`-based index value of the object that failed to lock.

### [edit] Example

The following example uses `std::try_lock` to periodically tally and reset counters running in separate threads.

Run this code

    #include <mutex>
    #include <vector>
    #include <thread>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <functional>
    #include <chrono>

    int main()
    {
        int foo_count = 0;
        std::mutex foo_count_mutex;
        int bar_count = 0;
        std::mutex bar_count_mutex;
        int overall_count = 0;
        bool done = false;
        std::mutex done_mutex;

        auto increment = [](int &counter, std::mutex &m,  const char *desc) {
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
                std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(m);
                ++counter;
                std::cout << desc << ": " << counter << '\n';
                lock.unlock();
                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
            }
        };

        std::thread increment_foo(increment, std::ref(foo_count),
            std::ref(foo_count_mutex), "foo");
        std::thread increment_bar(increment, std::ref(bar_count),
            std::ref(bar_count_mutex), "bar");

        std::thread update_overall([&]() {
            done_mutex.lock();
            while (!done) {
                done_mutex.unlock();
                int result = std::try_lock(foo_count_mutex, bar_count_mutex);
                if (result == -1) {
                    overall_count += foo_count + bar_count;
                    foo_count = 0;
                    bar_count = 0;
                    std::cout << "overall: " << overall_count << '\n';
                    foo_count_mutex.unlock();
                    bar_count_mutex.unlock();
                }
                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
                done_mutex.lock();
            }
            done_mutex.unlock();
        });

        increment_foo.join();
        increment_bar.join();
        done_mutex.lock();
        done = true;
        done_mutex.unlock();
        update_overall.join();

        std::cout << "Done processing\n"
                  << "foo: " << foo_count << '\n'
                  << "bar: " << bar_count << '\n'
                  << "overall: " << overall_count << '\n';
    }

Possible output:

    bar: 1
    foo: 1
    foo: 2
    bar: 2
    foo: 3
    overall: 5
    bar: 1
    foo: 1
    bar: 2
    foo: 2
    bar: 3
    overall: 10
    bar: 1
    foo: 1
    bar: 2
    foo: 2
    overall: 14
    bar: 1
    foo: 1
    bar: 2
    overall: 17
    foo: 1
    bar: 1
    foo: 2
    overall: 20
    Done processing
    foo: 0
    bar: 0
    overall: 20

### [edit] See also

lock (C++11) | locks specified mutexes, blocks if any are unavailable (function template) [edit]

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