static void Main(string[] args)
{
// This prompts the user with questions that define how many throws to make per thread and how many threads to run in total.
Console.WriteLine("How many throws should each thread make?");
int answer1 = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("How many threads would you like to run?");
int answer2 = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Darts inside each thread: ");
double temp = 0;
// These lists are filled based upon what the user inputs
List <Thread> thread = new List <Thread>();
List <FindPiThread> fpiThread = new List <FindPiThread>();
for (int i = 1; i <= answer2; i++)
{
// creates an object for FindPiThread with answer1 inside so it knows how many darts to throw based on the users answer
FindPiThread objFPiThread = new FindPiThread(answer1);
//adds the object to the fpiThread list.
fpiThread.Add(objFPiThread);
Thread myThread;
myThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(objFPiThread.ThrowDarts));
thread.Add(myThread);
myThread.Start();
Thread.Sleep(16);
}
// this loops through every item in the fpiThread list.
foreach (FindPiThread item in fpiThread)
{
// this finds out just how many darts landed inside and then outputs them per thread.
double dartsinside = item.DartsInside;
Console.WriteLine(item.DartsInside);
double PiEstimate = (dartsinside / answer1) * 4;
temp = PiEstimate + temp;
if (item == fpiThread.Last())
{
//
PiEstimate = temp / answer2;
Console.WriteLine("The estimation for pi comes out to be: ");
Console.WriteLine(PiEstimate);
}
}
// This loop runs through every item in the thread list
foreach (Thread item in thread)
{
// this tell the main to wait until every other thread is finished before it continues.
item.Join();
}
// this keeps the console open until another key is pressed to close it.
Console.ReadKey();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int Ask1;
int Ask2;
// Asks the user how many darts and threads
Console.WriteLine("How many darts would you like a thread to throw?");
Ask1 = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("How many threads would you like to have?");
Ask2 = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
List <Thread> List1 = new List <Thread>(Ask2);
List <FindPiThread> List2 = new List <FindPiThread>(Ask2);
for (int i = 0; i < Ask2; i++)
{
FindPiThread Add1 = new FindPiThread(Ask1);
List2.Add(Add1);
Thread Thread1 = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Add1.throwDarts));
List1.Add(Thread1);
List1[i].Start();
Thread.Sleep(16); // Makes sure all threads get a value
}
foreach (Thread item in List1)
{
item.Join();
}
double total = 0;
foreach (FindPiThread item in List2)
{
double Try1;
double Try2;
Try1 = item.count;
Try2 = (Try1 / Ask1) * 4; // Math to find PI
total = Try2;
}
Console.WriteLine("Approx Pi " + total); // Output for the approx of PI
Console.ReadKey();
}
