continuations2.cs

// <Snippet24>
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {                         
      var displayData = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { 
                                                 Random rnd = new Random(); 
                                                 int[] values = new int[100];
                                                 for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= values.GetUpperBound(0); ctr++)
                                                    values[ctr] = rnd.Next();

                                                 return values;
                                              } ).  
                        ContinueWith((x) => {
                                        int n = x.Result.Length;
                                        long sum = 0;
                                        double mean;
                                  
                                        for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= x.Result.GetUpperBound(0); ctr++)
                                           sum += x.Result[ctr];

                                        mean = sum / (double) n;
                                        return Tuple.Create(n, sum, mean);
                                     } ). 
                        ContinueWith((x) => {
                                        return String.Format("N={0:N0}, Total = {1:N0}, Mean = {2:N2}",
                                                             x.Result.Item1, x.Result.Item2, 
                                                             x.Result.Item3);
                                     } );                         
      Console.WriteLine(displayData.Result);
   }
}
// The example displays output similar to the following:
//    N=100, Total = 110,081,653,682, Mean = 1,100,816,536.82
// </Snippet24>