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# InterLockedExchangeAdd

Thread-safe add and exchange of 2 values

## Declaration

Source position: line 0

`function InterLockedExchangeAdd(`
`var Target: LongInt;`
`Source: LongInt`
`):LongInt; function InterLockedExchangeAdd(`
`var Target: Pointer;`
`Source: Pointer`
`):Pointer; function InterLockedExchangeAdd(`
`var Target: Cardinal;`
`Source: Cardinal`
`):Cardinal;`

## Description

InterLockedExchangeAdd adds to Target the value of Source in a thread-safe way, and returns the old value of Target.This is done in a thread-safe way, i.e., only one processor is accessing the Target variable at a time.

## Errors

None.

## See also

InterLockedDecrement |  | Thread-safe decrement
InterLockedIncrement |  | Thread-safe increment
InterLockedExchange |  | Exchange 2 integers in a thread-safe way
InterlockedCompareExchange |  | Conditional exchange

Documentation generated on: Feb 26 2014