Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Passing parameters to a thread

This recipe will describe how to provide code that we run in another thread with the required data. We will go through the different ways to fulfill this task and review common mistakes.

Getting ready

To work through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter1\Recipe8.

How to do it...

To understand how to pass parameters to a thread, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System;
   using System.Threading;
   using static System.Console;
   using static System.Threading.Thread;

3. Add the following code ...