Question

I am trying to create a new thread using an anonymous function but I keep getting errors. Here is my code:

New Thread(Function() 
    'Do something here
End Function).Start

Here are the errors I get:

New:

Syntax Error

End Function:

‘End Function’ must be preceded by a matching ‘Function’.

Answer 1

There’s two ways to do this;

1. With the AddressOf operator to an existing method

   Sub MyBackgroundThread()
     Console.WriteLine("Hullo")
   End Sub
   

   And then create and start the thread with;

   Dim thread As New Thread(AddressOf MyBackgroundThread)
   thread.Start()
   

2. Or as a lambda function.

   Dim thread as New Thread(
     Sub() 
       Console.WriteLine("Hullo")
     End Sub
   )
   thread.Start()