Parallel.For

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This example uses Parallel.For to calculate the sum of the numbers between 1 and 10000 by using multiple threads. To achieve thread-safety, Interlocked.Add is used to sum the numbers.

using System.Threading;

int Foo()
{
    int total = 0;
    Parallel.For(1, 10001, 
        () => 0, // initial value,
        (num, state, localSum) => num + localSum,
        localSum => Interlocked.Add(ref total, localSum));
    return total; // total = 50005000
}

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