Python: Executing multiple functions simultaneously

Question

I\'m trying to run two functions simultaneously in Python. I have tried the below code which uses multiprocessing but when I execute the code, the second functi

Answer 1

This is just what i needed. I know it wasn't asked but i modified shashank's code to suit Python 3 for anyone else looking :)

from multiprocessing import Process
import sys

rocket = 0

def func1():
    global rocket
    print ('start func1')
    while rocket < sys.maxsize:
        rocket += 1
    print ('end func1')

def func2():
    global rocket
    print ('start func2')
    while rocket < sys.maxsize:
        rocket += 1
    print ('end func2')

if __name__=='__main__':
    p1 = Process(target=func1)
    p1.start()
    p2 = Process(target=func2)
    p2.start()

Substitute sys.maxsize for an number then print(rocket)and you can see it count up one at a time. Get to a number and stop