Interlocked.Increment Method

Definition

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

Overloads

Increment(UInt64)

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

Increment(UInt32)

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

Increment(Int32)

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

Increment(Int64)

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

Increment(UInt64)

Source:
Interlocked.cs
Source:
Interlocked.cs
Source:
Interlocked.cs

Important

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

C#
[System.CLSCompliant(false)]
public static ulong Increment(ref ulong location);

Parameters

location
UInt64

The variable whose value is to be incremented.

Returns

The value of the variable immediately after the increment operation finished.

Attributes

Exceptions

The address of location is a null pointer.

Applies to

.NET 10 ja muut versiot
Tuote Versiot
.NET 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Increment(UInt32)

Source:
Interlocked.cs
Source:
Interlocked.cs
Source:
Interlocked.cs

Important

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

C#
[System.CLSCompliant(false)]
public static uint Increment(ref uint location);

Parameters

location
UInt32

The variable whose value is to be incremented.

Returns

The value of the variable immediately after the increment operation finished.

Attributes

Exceptions

The address of location is a null pointer.

Applies to

.NET 10 ja muut versiot
Tuote Versiot
.NET 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Increment(Int32)

Source:
Interlocked.CoreCLR.cs
Source:
Interlocked.CoreCLR.cs
Source:
Interlocked.CoreCLR.cs

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

C#
public static int Increment(ref int location);

Parameters

location
Int32

The variable whose value is to be incremented.

Returns

The value of the variable immediately after the increment operation finished.

Exceptions

The address of location is a null pointer.

Examples

The following example determines how many random numbers that range from 0 to 1,000 are required to generate 1,000 random numbers with a midpoint value. To keep track of the number of midpoint values, a variable, midpointCount, is set equal to 0 and incremented each time the random number generator returns a midpoint value until it reaches 10,000. Because three threads generate the random numbers, the Increment(Int32) method is called to ensure that multiple threads don't update midpointCount concurrently. Note that a lock is also used to protect the random number generator, and that a CountdownEvent object is used to ensure that the Main method doesn't finish execution before the three threads.

C#
using System;
using System.Threading;

public class Example
{
   const int LOWERBOUND = 0;
   const int UPPERBOUND = 1001;
   
   static Object lockObj = new Object();
   static Random rnd = new Random();
   static CountdownEvent cte;
   
   static int totalCount = 0;
   static int totalMidpoint = 0;
   static int midpointCount = 0;

   public static void Main()
   {
      cte = new CountdownEvent(1);
      // Start three threads. 
      for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 2; ctr++) {
         cte.AddCount();
         Thread th = new Thread(GenerateNumbers);
         th.Name = "Thread" + ctr.ToString();
         th.Start();
      }
      cte.Signal();
      cte.Wait();
      Console.WriteLine();
      Console.WriteLine("Total midpoint values:  {0,10:N0} ({1:P3})",
                        totalMidpoint, totalMidpoint/((double)totalCount));
      Console.WriteLine("Total number of values: {0,10:N0}", 
                        totalCount);                  
   }

   private static void GenerateNumbers()
   {
      int midpoint = (UPPERBOUND - LOWERBOUND) / 2;
      int value = 0;
      int total = 0;
      int midpt = 0;
      
      do {
         lock (lockObj) {
            value = rnd.Next(LOWERBOUND, UPPERBOUND);
         }
         if (value == midpoint) { 
            Interlocked.Increment(ref midpointCount);
            midpt++;
         }
         total++;    
      } while (Volatile.Read(ref midpointCount) < 10000);
      
      Interlocked.Add(ref totalCount, total);
      Interlocked.Add(ref totalMidpoint, midpt);
      
      string s = String.Format("Thread {0}:\n", Thread.CurrentThread.Name) +
                 String.Format("   Random Numbers: {0:N0}\n", total) + 
                 String.Format("   Midpoint values: {0:N0} ({1:P3})", midpt, 
                               ((double) midpt)/total);
      Console.WriteLine(s);
      cte.Signal();
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//       Thread Thread2:
//          Random Numbers: 2,776,674
//          Midpoint values: 2,773 (0.100 %)
//       Thread Thread1:
//          Random Numbers: 4,876,100
//          Midpoint values: 4,873 (0.100 %)
//       Thread Thread0:
//          Random Numbers: 2,312,310
//          Midpoint values: 2,354 (0.102 %)
//       
//       Total midpoint values:      10,000 (0.100 %)
//       Total number of values:  9,965,084

The following example is similar to the previous one, except that it uses the Task class instead of a thread procedure to generate 50,000 random midpoint integers. In this example, a lambda expression replaces the GenerateNumbers thread procedure, and the call to the Task.WaitAll method eliminates the need for the CountdownEvent object.

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

public class Example
{
   const int LOWERBOUND = 0;
   const int UPPERBOUND = 1001;
   
   static Object lockObj = new Object();
   static Random rnd = new Random();
   
   static int totalCount = 0;
   static int totalMidpoint = 0;
   static int midpointCount = 0;

   public static void Main()
   {
      List<Task> tasks = new List<Task>();
      // Start three tasks. 
      for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 2; ctr++) 
         tasks.Add(Task.Run( () => { int midpoint = (UPPERBOUND - LOWERBOUND) / 2;
                                     int value = 0;
                                     int total = 0;
                                     int midpt = 0;
                                    
                                     do {
                                        lock (lockObj) {
                                           value = rnd.Next(LOWERBOUND, UPPERBOUND);
                                        }
                                        if (value == midpoint) { 
                                           Interlocked.Increment(ref midpointCount);
                                           midpt++;
                                        }
                                        total++;    
                                     } while (Volatile.Read(ref midpointCount) < 50000);
                                    
                                     Interlocked.Add(ref totalCount, total);
                                     Interlocked.Add(ref totalMidpoint, midpt);
                                    
                                     string s = String.Format("Task {0}:\n", Task.CurrentId) +
                                                String.Format("   Random Numbers: {0:N0}\n", total) + 
                                                String.Format("   Midpoint values: {0:N0} ({1:P3})", midpt, 
                                                              ((double) midpt)/total);
                                     Console.WriteLine(s); } ));
      
      Task.WaitAll(tasks.ToArray());
      Console.WriteLine();
      Console.WriteLine("Total midpoint values:  {0,10:N0} ({1:P3})",
                        totalMidpoint, totalMidpoint/((double)totalCount));
      Console.WriteLine("Total number of values: {0,10:N0}", 
                        totalCount);                  
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following:
//       Task 3:
//          Random Numbers: 10,855,250
//          Midpoint values: 10,823 (0.100 %)
//       Task 1:
//          Random Numbers: 15,243,703
//          Midpoint values: 15,110 (0.099 %)
//       Task 2:
//          Random Numbers: 24,107,425
//          Midpoint values: 24,067 (0.100 %)
//       
//       Total midpoint values:      50,000 (0.100 %)
//       Total number of values: 50,206,378

Remarks

This method handles an overflow condition by wrapping: if location = Int32.MaxValue, location + 1 = Int32.MinValue. No exception is thrown.

See also

Applies to

.NET 10 ja muut versiot
Tuote Versiot
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

Increment(Int64)

Source:
Interlocked.CoreCLR.cs
Source:
Interlocked.CoreCLR.cs
Source:
Interlocked.CoreCLR.cs

Increments a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

C#
public static long Increment(ref long location);

Parameters

location
Int64

The variable whose value is to be incremented.

Returns

The value of the variable immediately after the increment operation finished.

Exceptions

The address of location is a null pointer.

Remarks

This method handles an overflow condition by wrapping: if location = Int64.MaxValue, location + 1 = Int64.MinValue. No exception is thrown.

See also

Applies to

.NET 10 ja muut versiot
Tuote Versiot
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0