pickPickT Method (IEnumerableT, Int32, RandomGenerator)

Get random elements in an IEnumerableT.

Namespace: WhetStone.Random
Assembly: WhetStone (in WhetStone.dll) Version: 1.0.4.0 (1.0.0.0)

Syntax

public static IEnumerable<T> Pick<T>(
	this IEnumerable<T> this,
	int count,
	RandomGenerator gen = null
)

this: Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableT
The IEnumerableT to search in.
count: Type: SystemInt32
The number of elements to return.
gen (Optional): Type: WhetStone.RandomRandomGenerator
The RandomGenerator to use to roll for a random element. for GlobalRandomGenerator.

Type: IEnumerableT
count random elements from this.

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerableT. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

Running time: O(|this| * count / (count + 1))

The results are sorted by this's order.