public void ListShufflerReturnsTenThousandRecordsByDefault()
{
var listShuffler = new ListShuffler();
var shuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle();
// By default, our shuffled list should return 10000 records.
Assert.IsTrue(shuffledList.Count == 10000);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var listShuffler = new ListShuffler();
// Using the overload method to return the default number of records (10000)
var shuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle();
// iterate through the list and dump the results to the console.
foreach (var i in shuffledList)
{
Console.WriteLine(i);
}
}
public void ListShufflerWasNotGivenValidList()
{
// NOTE: this number can be anything BUT 10000
const int defaultListSize = 9;
var sequentialList = new List<int>();
var listShuffler = new ListShuffler();
// create a sequential list from 1 to defaultListSize
for (var i = 1; i < defaultListSize + 1; i++) {
sequentialList.Add(i);
}
// this should throw an ArgumentOutOfRange exception since I have
// not passed a list with exactly 10000 records.
var shuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle(sequentialList);
}
public void ListShufflerReturnsRequestedNumberOfRecords()
{
// The task was to return 10000 unique numbers, but this test just
// checks to confirm that the returned list has the requested number
// of records. For the purpose of this test, I'm still using 10000
const int defaultListSize = 10000;
var listShuffler = new ListShuffler();
var sequentialList = new List<int>();
// create a sequential list from 1 to 10000
for (var i = 1; i < defaultListSize + 1; i++) {
sequentialList.Add(i);
}
// shuffle the sequential and maintain the correct number of records.
var shuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle(sequentialList);
// This should ensure that the shuffled list has 10000 records.
Assert.IsTrue(shuffledList.Count == 10000);
}
public void ShuffledListsAreTrulyRandom()
{
// note: this test "could" fail, but the odds are incredibly slim.
var listShuffler = new ListShuffler();
// create three Shuffled Lists, all three will be different.
var firstShuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle();
var secondShuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle();
var thirdShuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle();
// pick any random number between 0 and 10000, we're going to use
// this random number to select the int at the respective index
// location.
var rand = new Random(Guid.NewGuid().GetHashCode());
var index = rand.Next(0, 10000);
// and now pick the int at the randomly indexed location for each
// shuffled list. example:
// var _Selected = _ShuffledList[100];
// the important thing here is that what ever index we use must be
// consistent for all three. I could just pick the first int in each
// list, or the 5th for that matter, but I feel that picking a
// random int for each list will better prove the randomness of each
// list.
var firstSelected = firstShuffledList[index];
var secondSelected = secondShuffledList[index];
var thirdSelected = thirdShuffledList[index];
// If all three integers are unique, then we know that the shuffled
// list is truly random.
Assert.IsTrue(
firstSelected != secondSelected &
secondSelected != thirdSelected &
thirdSelected != firstSelected
);
}
public void ShuffledListShouldBeWithinRange()
{
var listShuffler = new ListShuffler();
var shuffledList = listShuffler.Shuffle();
var failed = false;
foreach (var i in shuffledList) {
// list must not contain 0
if (i == 0) {
failed = true;
}
// list must not be > 10000
if (i == 10001) {
failed = true;
}
}
Assert.IsFalse(failed);
}