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WPF CODE EXAMPLE created on Sunday, January 17, 2010 permalink
How to randomize the order of a List<string> collection
This example shows a simple way to mix up the order of a List<string> collection.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace TestShuffle234
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<string> words = new List<string> { "one", "two", "three", "four", "five" };

            words.ForEach(x => Console.WriteLine(x));
            Console.WriteLine("===");
            StringHelpers.ShuffleList(words).ForEach(a => Console.WriteLine(a));
            Console.WriteLine("---");
            StringHelpers.ShuffleList(words).ForEach(a => Console.WriteLine(a));
            Console.WriteLine("---");
            StringHelpers.ShuffleList(words).ForEach(a => Console.WriteLine(a));

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    public class StringHelpers
    {
        public static List<string> ShuffleList(List<string> list)
        {
            return list.OrderBy(a => Guid.NewGuid()).ToList();
        }
    }
}
SandRock: Hey!

How about to turn it into an extension method?
need markup?
 

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