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getCurrentTask

Get task object from a worker running a task

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    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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    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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    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

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