random c# example

Example 1: random number generator c#

Random rnd = new Random();
int month  = rnd.Next(1, 13);  // creates a number between 1 and 12
int dice   = rnd.Next(1, 7);   // creates a number between 1 and 6
int card   = rnd.Next(52);     // creates a number between 0 and 51

Example 2: c# random

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Example
{
   static Object randLock, numericLock;
   static Random rand;
   static CancellationTokenSource source;
   double totalValue = 0.0;
   int totalCount = 0;

   public Example()
   {
      rand = new Random();
      randLock = new Object();
      numericLock = new Object();
      source = new CancellationTokenSource();
   }

   public static async Task Main()
   {
      Example ex = new Example();
      Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "Main";
      await ex.Execute();
   }

   private Task Execute()
   {
      List<Task> tasks = new List<Task>();

      for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 10; ctr++)
      {
         CancellationToken token = source.Token;
         int taskNo = ctr;
         tasks.Add(Task.Run( () =>
            {
               double previous = 0.0;
               int taskCtr = 0;
               double taskTotal = 0.0;
               double result = 0.0;

               for (int n = 0; n < 2000000; n++)
               {
                  // Make sure there's no corruption of Random.
                  token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

                  lock (randLock) {
                     result = rand.NextDouble();
                  }
                  // Check for corruption of Random instance.
                  if ((result == previous) && result == 0) {
                     source.Cancel();
                  }
                  else {
                     previous = result;
                  }
                  taskCtr++;
                  taskTotal += result;
               }

               // Show result.
               Console.WriteLine("Task {0} finished execution.", taskNo);
               Console.WriteLine("Random numbers generated: {0:N0}", taskCtr);
               Console.WriteLine("Sum of random numbers: {0:N2}", taskTotal);
               Console.WriteLine("Random number mean: {0:N4}\n", taskTotal/taskCtr);

               // Update overall totals.
               lock (numericLock) {
                  totalCount += taskCtr;
                  totalValue += taskTotal;
               }
            },
         token));
      }
      try {
         await Task.WhenAll(tasks.ToArray());
         Console.WriteLine("\nTotal random numbers generated: {0:N0}", totalCount);
         Console.WriteLine("Total sum of all random numbers: {0:N2}", totalValue);
         Console.WriteLine("Random number mean: {0:N4}", totalValue/totalCount);
      }
      catch (AggregateException e) {
         foreach (Exception inner in e.InnerExceptions) {
            TaskCanceledException canc = inner as TaskCanceledException;
            if (canc != null)
               Console.WriteLine("Task #{0} cancelled.", canc.Task.Id);
            else
               Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", inner.GetType().Name);
         }
      }
      finally {
         source.Dispose();
      }
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//       Task 1 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,502.47
//       Random number mean: 0.5003
//
//       Task 0 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,445.63
//       Random number mean: 0.5002
//
//       Task 2 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,556.04
//       Random number mean: 0.5003
//
//       Task 3 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,178.87
//       Random number mean: 0.5001
//
//       Task 4 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,819.17
//       Random number mean: 0.4999
//
//       Task 5 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,190.58
//       Random number mean: 0.5001
//
//       Task 6 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,720.21
//       Random number mean: 0.4999
//
//       Task 7 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,000.96
//       Random number mean: 0.4995
//
//       Task 8 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,499.33
//       Random number mean: 0.4997
//
//       Task 9 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 1,000,193.25
//       Random number mean: 0.5001
//
//       Task 10 finished execution.
//       Random numbers generated: 2,000,000
//       Sum of random numbers: 999,960.82
//       Random number mean: 0.5000
//
//
//       Total random numbers generated: 22,000,000
//       Total sum of all random numbers: 11,000,067.33
//       Random number mean: 0.5000