Passing an argument to the thread method. : Thread Creation « Thread « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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2. Thread
3. Thread Creation

using System;  
using System.Threading;  
  
class MyThread {  
  public int count;  
  public Thread thrd;  
 
  public MyThread(string name, int num) {  
    count = 0;  
 
    thrd = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(this.run)); 
 
    thrd.Name = name; 
 
    thrd.Start(num);  
  }  
  
  void run(object num) {  
    Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " starting with count of " + num);  
  
    do {  
      Thread.Sleep(500);  
      Console.WriteLine("In " + thrd.Name + ", count is " + count);  
      count++;  
    } while(count < (int) num);  
  
    Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " terminating.");  
  }  
}  
  
class MainClass {  
  public static void Main() {  
    MyThread mt = new MyThread("Child #1", 5);  
    MyThread mt2 = new MyThread("Child #1", 3);  
  
    do {  
      Thread.Sleep(100);  
    } while (mt.thrd.IsAlive | mt2.thrd.IsAlive);  
  
    Console.WriteLine("Main thread ending.");  
  }  
}

Child #1 starting with count of 5
Child #1 starting with count of 3
In Child #1, count is 0
In Child #1, count is 0
In Child #1, count is 1
In Child #1, count is 1
In Child #1, count is 2
In Child #1, count is 2
Child #1 terminating.
In Child #1, count is 3
In Child #1, count is 4
Child #1 terminating.
Main thread ending.