Let's say you have a List<T>
and want to order that list by random. Quite easy with the following extension method:
static class ShuffleListExtension
{
private static Random rng = new Random();
public static void Shuffle<T>(this IList<T> list)
{
int n = list.Count;
while (n > 1)
{
n--;
int k = rng.Next(n + 1);
T value = list[k];
list[k] = list[n];
list[n] = value;
}
}
}
Everytime you call .Shuffle()
the list will be again randomly reordered.
result = DbEntity.Where(...).ToList().Shuffle();
result = result.Shuffle(); // re-order the list a 2nd time