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Ryan
Ryan

Reputation: 8005

Random array using LINQ and C#

I was reading an article on MSDN Magazine about using the Enumerable class in LINQ to generate a random array. The article uses VB.NET and I'm not immediately sure what the equivalent is in C#:

Dim rnd As New System.Random()
Dim numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 100). _
    OrderBy(Function() rnd.Next)

Upvotes: 11

Views: 15702

Answers (6)

James Curran
James Curran

Reputation: 103515

Random rnd = new Random();
IEnumerable<int> numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 100).OrderBy(r => rnd.Next());

Upvotes: 5

FouZ
FouZ

Reputation: 61

What about something far more easy... 

Enumerable.Range(1, 100).OrderBy(c=> Guid.NewGuid().ToString())

Upvotes: 4

Marcus Griep
Marcus Griep

Reputation: 8414

Using the C5 Generic Collection Library, you could just use the builtin Shuffle() method:

IList<int> numbers = new ArrayList<int>(Enumerable.Range(1,100));
numbers.Shuffle();

Upvotes: 1

HanClinto
HanClinto

Reputation: 9461

The Developer Fusion VB.Net to C# converter says that the equivalent C# code is:

System.Random rnd = new System.Random();
IEnumerable<int> numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 100).OrderBy(r => rnd.Next());

For future reference, they also have a C# to VB.Net converter. There are several other tools available for this as well.

Upvotes: 20

Daniel Plaisted
Daniel Plaisted

Reputation: 16744

I initially thought this would be a bad idea since the sort algorithm will need to do multiple comparisons for the numbers, and it will get a different sorting key for the same number each time it calls the lambda for that number. However, it looks like it only calls it once for each element in the list, and stores that value for later use. This code demonstrates this:

int timesCalled = 0;
Random rnd = new Random();

List<int> numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 100).OrderBy(r =>
   {
       timesCalled++;
       return rnd.Next();
   }
).ToList();

Assert.AreEqual(timesCalled, 100);

Upvotes: 5

Adam Alexander
Adam Alexander

Reputation: 15180

Best I can do off the top of my head without access to Visual Studio (crosses fingers):

System.Random rnd = New System.Random();
IEnumerable<int> numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 100).OrderBy(rnd => rnd.Next);

Upvotes: 1

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