Hi, I'm creating reader and writer threads( 10 each). I've declared: pthread_t *r_thread; pthread_t *w_thread; when I try to get value or number of each thread by giving: cout "\nCreated thread " w_threadwcount] endl; It gives me output like Created thread 0xa040ed8 That means I'm getting address instead of the value. Any help will be greatly appreicated. Thanks.

We need to see the definition of 'pthread_t' to answer this question. Also, it looks like some characters where stripped from your 'cout' line. Is 'wcount' an index into an array?

============================================================= Don, Unless I am mis-understanding the question...since the declaration of pthread_t has already been assigned to r_thread and w_thread we could just dereference the address identified by *. As long as priti knows the structure of pthread_t they should be able to reference the methods and data belonging to it. Or are you asking to see the declaration of pthread_t so we can see if it's a structure or an object. It's been a while and you are far more versed in this so if I'm overlooking something please post what it is so I'm not confused about it any longer (I can get confused real easily!). borelli34