Thread with Move

Transfer ownership to threads with move closures.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Code

use std::thread;

fn main() {
    let data = vec![1, 2, 3];

    let handle = thread::spawn(move || {
        println!("data in thread: {:?}", data);
        let sum: i32 = data.iter().sum();
        sum
    });

    let result = handle.join().unwrap();
    println!("sum: {}", result);
}

Explanation

move transfers ownership to thread closures.

Key Concepts

• Read the code carefully and understand the data flow
• Try modifying the example to see how it changes behavior
• Run this code in the Rust Playground

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