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Randomize / Randomise an ienumerable collection
IEnumerable<int> ints;
var random = new Random();
var shuffled = ints.OrderBy(i => random.Next()).ToList();
// or we can avoid risks of using OrderBy by declaring our own
var random = new Random();
var shuffled = ints
.Select(i => new { key=random.Next(), i })
.OrderBy(tmp => tmp.key)
.Select(tmp => tmp.i)
.ToList();
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