.. Copyright 1988-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is part of the GCC manual. For copying conditions, see the GPL license file .. _omp_in_parallel: omp_in_parallel -- Whether a parallel region is active ****************************************************** :samp:`{Description}:` This function returns ``true`` if currently running in parallel, ``false`` otherwise. Here, ``true`` and ``false`` represent their language-specific counterparts. :samp:`{C/C++}:` ============ ============================== *Prototype*: ``int omp_in_parallel(void);`` ============ ============================== :samp:`{Fortran}:` ============ ====================================== *Interface*: ``logical function omp_in_parallel()`` ============ ====================================== :samp:`{Reference}:` `OpenMP specification v4.5 `_, Section 3.2.6.