C#

Su0691 wrote:

Please let me know if this would be possible to do and how.

private T[] ShuffleArray<T>(T[] theArray)
{
    Random rnd = new Random((int) DateTime.Now.Ticks & 0x0000FFFF);
    return theArray.OrderBy(itm => rnd.Next()).ToArray();
}

int[] theInts = new int[]{1,2,3,4,5};

theInts = ShuffleArray(theInts);

string[] theStrings = new string[] {"a", "b", "c", "d","e","f"};

theStrings = ShuffleArray(theStrings);

int[] array = {1,2,3,4,5};
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    Console.WriteLine("{0}", array[i]);

//Create out array
int[] arrayValues = {1,2,3,4,5,6};

//Create a random value
Random rnd = new Random((int)DateTime.Now.Ticks & 0x0000FFFF);

//Do the Shuffle, using Linq which returns an object of IEnumerable<int> in this case
// so we need to convert to back to an array hence to ".ToArray()" at the end.
arrayValues = arrayValue.Orderby(itm => rnd.Next()).ToArray();

public static void ShuffleArray<T>(T[] array)
{
    Random rnd = new Random();
    int[] order = new int[array.Length];
    for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
    {
       order[i] = rnd.Next();
    }
    Array.Sort(order, array);
} 

Random rnd = new Random();
Array.Sort(array.Select(r => rnd.Next()).ToArray(), array);

public static void Shuffle<t>(T[] array)
{
    Random rnd = new Random();
    for (int i = array.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        int index = rnd.Next(i);
        T temp = array[index];
        array[index] = array[i];
        array[i] = temp;
    }
}

Member 10640959 wrote:

Can anybody suggest any real time example or tutorial on this topic?

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