# Wait for whichever task is first

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-whichever-task-is-first/64588>\
**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [July 13, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wait-for-whichever-task-is-first/64588 "2021-07-13T15:59:55Z")\
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You can use channels or conditions — e.g. define a `Condition` and have the tasks call `notify` on it when they are done. Then you can just `wait` on that condition.

See also this discussion: [How to call wait on multiple Tasks? - #4 by Jeff\_Emanuel](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-call-wait-on-multiple-tasks/50981/4)

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