multithreading_in_c_problem_2

A. Problem Statement

Write a multithreaded program that calculates various statistical values for a list of numbers. This program will be passed a series of numbers on the command line and will then create three separate worker threads. One thread will determine the average of the numbers, the second will determine the maximum value, and the third will determine the minimum value.

For example,

1. Suppose your program is passed the integers 90 81 78 95 79 72 85

2. The program will report :

   The average value is 82
   The minimum value is 72
   The maximum value is 95
   

3. The variables representing the average, minimum, and maximum values will be stored globally. The worker threads will set these values, and the parent thread will output the values once the workers have exited.

B. Build & Execute

Compile the code : gcc main.c -lpthread
Once the compilation is done, the a.out file created can be executed.
Parameters can be passed both

• from execution line of the program ./a.out [[data1] [data2] [data3] ...]
• during execution of program (just execute : ./a.out)

* More details are mentioned in the report file added.