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parfevalOnAll

Run function on all workers in background

    Description

    F = parfevalOnAll(backgroundPool,fcn,n,X1,...,Xm) schedules the function fcn to run on all workers in the background. You can run other code while MATLAB® is running the function fcn. For more information about workers and the background, see Background Workers.

    Note

    The background has multiple workers only if you have Parallel Computing Toolbox™.

    When you use backgroundPool to run code in the background, you do not need to use parfevalOnAll to set up environment variables.

    To run a function on all workers in a parallel pool, see parfevalOnAll (Parallel Computing Toolbox).

    MATLAB evaluates the function fcn asynchronously on each worker as [Y1,...,Yn] = fcn(X1,...,Xm), with m inputs and n outputs.

    MATLAB returns the Future object F before the function fcn finishes running on all of the background workers. You can use fetchOutputs to retrieve the results [Y1,...,Yn] from the future. To stop running the function fcn, use the cancel function. For more information about futures, see Future.

    F = parfevalOnAll(fcn,n,X1,...,Xm) schedules the function fcn to be run.

    MATLAB returns the Future object F before the function fcn finishes running.

    Use this syntax to run code designed for use with Parallel Computing Toolbox.

    • If you do not have Parallel Computing Toolbox, you do not use any parallel resources. The function runs in serial.

    • If you have Parallel Computing Toolbox, parfevalOnAll automatically uses parallel resources.

    Input Arguments

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    Function to run, specified as a function handle.

    Example: fcn = @magic

    Number of output arguments, specified as an nonnegative integer scalar.

    n is the number of output arguments expected from running fcn(X1,...,Xm).

    Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64

    Input arguments, specified as a comma-separated list of variables or expressions.

    Output Arguments

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    Output Future, returned as a parallel.Future object.

    Extended Capabilities

    See Also

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