Dining Philosopher Problem in C#

This C# Program Illustrates Dining Philosopher Problem. Here the Dining philosopher problem is solved and the results are displayed.

Here is source code of the C# Program to Illustrate Dining Philosopher Problem. The C# program is successfully compiled and executed with Microsoft Visual Studio. The program output is also shown below.

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 * C# Program to Illustrate Dining Philosopher Problem

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 */
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using System;
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using System.Threading;
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class philofork
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{
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    bool[] fork = new bool[5]; 
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    public void Get(int left, int right)

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    {
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        lock (this)
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        {
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            while (fork[left] || fork[right]) Monitor.Wait(this);

            fork[left] = true; fork[right] = true;

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        }
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    }
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    public void Put(int left, int right)

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    {
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        lock (this)
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        {
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            fork[left] = false; fork[right] = false;

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            Monitor.PulseAll(this);
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        }
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    }
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}
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class Philo
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{
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    int n;           
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    int thinkDelay;  
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    int eatDelay;    
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    int left, right; 
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    philofork philofork;     
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    public Philo(int n, int thinkDelay, int eatDelay, philofork philofork)

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    {
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        this.n = n;
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        this.thinkDelay = thinkDelay; this.eatDelay = eatDelay;

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        this.philofork = philofork;
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        left = n == 0 ? 4 : n - 1;
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        right = (n + 1) % 5;
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        new Thread(new ThreadStart(Run)).Start();

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    }
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    public void Run()
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    {
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        for (; ; )
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        {
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            try
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            {
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                Thread.Sleep(thinkDelay);

                philofork.Get(left, right);

                Console.WriteLine("Philosopher " + n + " is eating...");

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                Console.ReadLine();
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                Thread.Sleep(eatDelay);
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                philofork.Put(left, right);

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            }
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            catch
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            {
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                return;
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            }
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        }
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    }
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}
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public class philopblm
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    public static void Main()
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    {
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        philofork philofork = new philofork();

        new Philo(0, 10, 50, philofork);

        new Philo(1, 20, 40, philofork);

        new Philo(2, 30, 30, philofork);

        new Philo(3, 40, 20, philofork);

        new Philo(4, 50, 10, philofork);

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    }
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}
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Here is the output of the C# Program:

Philosopher 0 is eating...
Philosopher 1 is eating...
Philosopher 2 is eating...
Philosopher 3 is eating...
Philosopher 4 is eating...
Philosopher 0 is eating...
Philosopher 1 is eating...
Philosopher 2 is eating...
Philosopher 3 is eating... 
Philosopher 4 is eating...
Philosopher 0 is eating...

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