How to rearrange a list of object / items

Question

I have a list of employees which I get from database. I need to rearrange the list of employees to have fairness.

for example If I have List<Employee> employees = new List<Employee>();

while (reader.Read())
{
    departments.Add(new Department(Convert.ToInt16(reader.GetString("Did"))));
    departments[count].Name = reader.GetString("DName");
    departments[count].MinEarlyShift = Convert.ToInt16(reader.GetString("Minearlyshift"));
    departments[count].MinLateShift = Convert.ToInt16(reader.GetString("Minlateshift"));
    departments[count].EarlyShiftStart = Convert.ToDateTime( (reader.GetString("Earlyshift")));
}

now I have list of employees which will always have james in index 0 carter in index 1

but I want to rearrange this so carter may have the index 0 for example. basically shuffle the list.

Alireza · Answer 1 · 2014-04-07T20:59:07.663

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Random rnd = new Random();
var randomizedList = from empin allemployees 
                     orderby rnd.Next()
                     select emp;

edited Apr 07 '14 at 20:59

answered Apr 07 '14 at 20:52

Alireza

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@user3501845: What **exactly** doesn't work? – abatishchev Apr 07 '14 at 21:03
var randomizedList = from empin allemployees orderby rnd.Next() select emp; – user3501845 Apr 07 '14 at 21:05
@user3501845: I mean next: What was the expected result and what was the actual? Also move `new Random()` out of the method scope. – abatishchev Apr 07 '14 at 21:06
this code just give me invalid expression error and field but used like type and emp doesn't exist error – user3501845 Apr 07 '14 at 21:11
all I want to do is shuffle the index order of my list so when i do foreach loop it wont be the same value – user3501845 Apr 07 '14 at 21:14
dont worrry guys got it working – user3501845 Apr 07 '14 at 21:23

How to rearrange a list of object / items

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