.NET 4.0 Generics Beginner's Guide

Time for action – randomly shuffling the deck

Follow the given steps:

1. Copy the following code snippet as a query in LINQPad:

   //Using the deck of cards we created earlier.
   List<string> cardNames = deck.Select(c => c.First + " of " + c.Second)
     .ToList ();
   
   cardNames.Take(13).Dump("Before Shuffling first 13 cards");
   List<string> shuffledDeck = Algorithms.RandomShuffle(cardNames).ToList();
   
   shuffledDeck.Take(13).Dump("After Shuffling first 13 cards");

2. Run the query. You will get the following output. The actual names of the card that appear may differ:
   

What just happened?

The RandomShuffle() method randomly shuffles the collections passed as an argument. ...