在c#中随机化泛型列表顺序的最佳方法是什么?我在一个列表中有一个有限的75个数字集,我想随机分配一个顺序,以便为彩票类型的应用程序绘制它们。


当前回答

你的问题是如何随机化一个列表。这意味着:

所有独特的组合都应该是可能发生的 所有唯一的组合应该出现在相同的分布(也就是无偏倚)。

由于“随机”,这个问题的大量答案不满足上述两个要求。

下面是一个紧凑的、无偏倚的伪随机函数,遵循Fisher-Yates shuffle方法。

public static void Shuffle<T>(this IList<T> list, Random rnd)
{
    for (var i = list.Count-1; i > 0; i--)
    {
        var randomIndex = rnd.Next(i + 1); //maxValue (i + 1) is EXCLUSIVE
        list.Swap(i, randomIndex); 
    }
}

public static void Swap<T>(this IList<T> list, int indexA, int indexB)
{
   var temp = list[indexA];
   list[indexA] = list[indexB];
   list[indexB] = temp;
}

其他回答

使用基于Fisher-Yates Shuffle的扩展方法Shuffle任意(I)List:

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;  
    }  
}

用法:

List<Product> products = GetProducts();
products.Shuffle();

上面的代码使用了备受批评的系统。选择交换候选的随机方法。它速度很快,但并不像它应该的那样随机。如果你需要更好的随机质量,可以使用System.Security.Cryptography中的随机数生成器,如下所示:

using System.Security.Cryptography;
...
public static void Shuffle<T>(this IList<T> list)
{
    RNGCryptoServiceProvider provider = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
    int n = list.Count;
    while (n > 1)
    {
        byte[] box = new byte[1];
        do provider.GetBytes(box);
        while (!(box[0] < n * (Byte.MaxValue / n)));
        int k = (box[0] % n);
        n--;
        T value = list[k];
        list[k] = list[n];
        list[n] = value;
    }
}

一个简单的比较可以在这个博客(WayBack Machine)上找到。

Edit: Since writing this answer a couple years back, many people have commented or written to me, to point out the big silly flaw in my comparison. They are of course right. There's nothing wrong with System.Random if it's used in the way it was intended. In my first example above, I instantiate the rng variable inside of the Shuffle method, which is asking for trouble if the method is going to be called repeatedly. Below is a fixed, full example based on a really useful comment received today from @weston here on SO.

Program.cs:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;

namespace SimpleLottery
{
  class Program
  {
    private static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      var numbers = new List<int>(Enumerable.Range(1, 75));
      numbers.Shuffle();
      Console.WriteLine("The winning numbers are: {0}", string.Join(",  ", numbers.GetRange(0, 5)));
    }
  }

  public static class ThreadSafeRandom
  {
      [ThreadStatic] private static Random Local;

      public static Random ThisThreadsRandom
      {
          get { return Local ?? (Local = new Random(unchecked(Environment.TickCount * 31 + Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId))); }
      }
  }

  static class MyExtensions
  {
    public static void Shuffle<T>(this IList<T> list)
    {
      int n = list.Count;
      while (n > 1)
      {
        n--;
        int k = ThreadSafeRandom.ThisThreadsRandom.Next(n + 1);
        T value = list[k];
        list[k] = list[n];
        list[n] = value;
      }
    }
  }
}
 public Deck(IEnumerable<Card> initialCards) 
    {
    cards = new List<Card>(initialCards);
    public void Shuffle() 
     }
    {
        List<Card> NewCards = new List<Card>();
        while (cards.Count > 0) 
        {
            int CardToMove = random.Next(cards.Count);
            NewCards.Add(cards[CardToMove]);
            cards.RemoveAt(CardToMove);
        }
        cards = NewCards;
    }

public IEnumerable<string> GetCardNames() 

{
    string[] CardNames = new string[cards.Count];
    for (int i = 0; i < cards.Count; i++)
    CardNames[i] = cards[i].Name;
    return CardNames;
}

Deck deck1;
Deck deck2;
Random random = new Random();

public Form1() 
{

InitializeComponent();
ResetDeck(1);
ResetDeck(2);
RedrawDeck(1);
 RedrawDeck(2);

}



 private void ResetDeck(int deckNumber) 
    {
    if (deckNumber == 1) 
{
      int numberOfCards = random.Next(1, 11);
      deck1 = new Deck(new Card[] { });
      for (int i = 0; i < numberOfCards; i++)
           deck1.Add(new Card((Suits)random.Next(4),(Values)random.Next(1, 14)));
       deck1.Sort();
}


   else
    deck2 = new Deck();
 }

private void reset1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
ResetDeck(1);
RedrawDeck(1);

}

private void shuffle1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{
    deck1.Shuffle();
    RedrawDeck(1);

}

private void moveToDeck1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{

    if (listBox2.SelectedIndex >= 0)
    if (deck2.Count > 0) {
    deck1.Add(deck2.Deal(listBox2.SelectedIndex));

}

    RedrawDeck(1);
    RedrawDeck(2);

}
    public static List<T> Randomize<T>(List<T> list)
    {
        List<T> randomizedList = new List<T>();
        Random rnd = new Random();
        while (list.Count > 0)
        {
            int index = rnd.Next(0, list.Count); //pick a random item from the master list
            randomizedList.Add(list[index]); //place it at the end of the randomized list
            list.RemoveAt(index);
        }
        return randomizedList;
    }

下面是一个高效的Shuffler,它返回一个字节数组的打乱值。它从来不会超过需要的次数。它可以从之前停止的地方重新启动。我的实际实现(未显示)是一个MEF组件,它允许用户指定替换洗牌器。

    public byte[] Shuffle(byte[] array, int start, int count)
    {
        int n = array.Length - start;
        byte[] shuffled = new byte[count];
        for(int i = 0; i < count; i++, start++)
        {
            int k = UniformRandomGenerator.Next(n--) + start;
            shuffled[i] = array[k];
            array[k] = array[start];
            array[start] = shuffled[i];
        }
        return shuffled;
    }

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如果你不介意使用两个list,那么这可能是最简单的方法,但可能不是最有效或最不可预测的方法:

List<int> xList = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
List<int> deck = new List<int>();

foreach (int xInt in xList)
    deck.Insert(random.Next(0, deck.Count + 1), xInt);