nbrOfWorkers {future}R Documentation

Get the number of workers available

Description

Get the number of workers available

Usage

nbrOfWorkers(evaluator = NULL)

Arguments

evaluator

A future evaluator function. If NULL (default), the current evaluator as returned by plan() is used.

Value

A positive number in {1, 2, 3, ...}. Note, it may also be +Inf for certain types of backends.

Examples

plan(multiprocess)
nbrOfWorkers()  ## == availableCores()

plan(sequential)
nbrOfWorkers()  ## == 1

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