Running multiple async tasks and waiting for them all to complete

Question

I need to run multiple async tasks in a console application, and wait for them all to complete before further processing.

There\'s many articles out there, but I see

Answer 1

Yet another answer...but I usually find myself in a case, when I need to load data simultaneously and put it into variables, like:

var cats = new List();
var dog = new Dog();

var loadDataTasks = new Task[]
{
    Task.Run(async () => cats = await LoadCatsAsync()),
    Task.Run(async () => dog = await LoadDogAsync())
};

try
{
    await Task.WhenAll(loadDataTasks);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // handle exception
}