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import threading
import time

exitFlag = 0
incrementme = 0

class myThread(threading.Thread):
   def __init__(self, threadID, name, counter):
      threading.Thread.__init__(self, name=name)
      self.threadID = threadID
      #self.name = name
      self.counter = counter
   def run(self):
      print("Starting " + self.name + " at: " + time.ctime(time.time()))
      print_time(self.name, self.counter, 1) # delay fixed to 1 second for simplicity
      print("Exiting " + self.name)

def print_time(threadName, counter, delay):
   global incrementme
   while counter:
      if exitFlag:
         threadName.exit()
      time.sleep(delay)
      print("%s: %s" % (threadName, time.ctime(time.time())))
      counter -= 1
      incrementme = incrementme + 1

# Create new threads
thread1 = myThread(1, "Thread-One", 5)
thread2 = myThread(2, "Thread-Two", 10)

# Start new Threads
thread1.start()
thread2.start()

thread1.join() # .join() will wait for thread to finish, otherwise script will race till the end and result will be 0
thread2.join()
print(f"result is: {incrementme}")

print("End of Program. Exiting Main Thread")