getCurrentTask

Get task object from a worker running a task

Syntax

t = getCurrentTask

Description

t = getCurrentTask returns the parallel.Task object that the current worker is associated with. Use getCurrentTask to get information from the task during a computation, such as the running duration.

If getCurrentTask is evaluated on a worker, t is a parallel.Task object. Otherwise, t is an empty double.

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Examples

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Calculate Running Duration of Task

Use getCurrentTask and RunningDuration property to find the running duration of the task that a worker is associated with.

On a worker, use getCurrentTask to get the current task object t from a worker running the task t.

t = getCurrentTask;

Then, use the RunningDuration property to get the running duration of the task.

howLong = t.RunningDuration

Output Arguments

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`t` — Task object
`parallel.Task` | `[]`

Task object, specified as a parallel.Task or empty double. When you use getCurrentTask on a worker, t is the parallel.Task object that the current worker is associated with. When you use getCurrentTask on the client, t is an empty double.

Data Types: parallel.Task

Version History

Introduced before R2006a