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examples/sumnums.cpp

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+#include "../include/ThreadPool_pthread.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+void* SumZeroToNumber(void* num)
+{
+    long val = 0;
+    for(long i = 0; i <= *static_cast<long*>(num); i++) {
+        val += i;
+    }
+    *static_cast<long*>(num) = val;
+    return NULL;
+}
+int main()
+{
+    std::vector<long> nums(10000);
+    std::vector<long> numsResults(10000);
+    try
+    {
+        ThreadPool_pthread pool(8); //num of cores
+        for(unsigned i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) {
+            nums[i] = rand() % 1000;
+            numsResults[i] = nums[i]; //this is just a copy to be passed and modified, while the original remains unchanged
+            pool.push_task(SumZeroToNumber,static_cast<void*>(&numsResults[i]));
+        }
+        pool.finish();
+    }
+    catch(std::exception &ex)
+    {
+        std::cout<<"An exception was thrown while processing data. Exception says: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
+        std::exit(1);
+    }
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nums.size(); ++i) {
+        std::cout<<"Sum from 0 to " << nums[i] << " is: " << numsResults[i] <<std::endl;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}