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VB.Net program to print the priority of the current thread

By Nidhi Last Updated : November 16, 2024

Priority of the current thread in VB.Net

To solve the above problem, we need to use the Priority property of the Thread class, it will return the priority of the current thread.

As we know, there are the following types of priorities of a thread in C#.

1. Zero
2. Normal
3. Below Normal
4. Above Normal
5. Highest

Program/Source Code:

The source code to print the priority of the current thread is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

VB.Net code to print the priority of the current thread

'Vb.Net program to print the priority 
'of the current thread.

Imports System.Threading

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Dim t As Thread
        t = Thread.CurrentThread
        t.Name = "MyNewThread"

        Console.WriteLine("Thread information:")
        Console.WriteLine(vbTab & "Name of the thread: " + t.Name)
        Console.WriteLine(vbTab & "Priority of thread: {0}", t.Priority)
    End Sub
End Module

Output

Thread information:
        Name of the thread: MyNewThread
        Priority of thread: Normal
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Explanation

In the above program, we imported the System.Threading namespace to implement multithreading in the program. After that, we created a module Module1. The Module1 contains Main() function.

The Main() is the entry point for the program, we created the reference of Thread class and assigned the object of the current thread using the CurrentThread property. After that, we used the Priority property of the Thread class and print the priority of the current thread on the console screen.

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