CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom 1.2.1

.NET Standard 1.0 This package targets .NET Standard 1.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom --version 1.2.1
NuGet\Install-Package CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom -Version 1.2.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom" Version="1.2.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom --version 1.2.1
#r "nuget: CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom, 1.2.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom&version=1.2.1

// Install CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom&version=1.2.1

CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom

Problem

System.Random requires a class instance to be used. Constructing a new instance each time you need a random number generator will allocate some memory for that instance. This incurs an allocation cost and a runtime garbage collection cost. .NET developers seemingly have realized this is an issue and added System.Random.Shared in .NET 6, but for many projects still bound to an earlier version of .NET, this shared Random instance is not available.

Solution

Once you install this package, you can access a global, persisting System.Random instance with CLSS.DefaultRandom.Instance.

This package is a part of the C# Language Syntactic Sugar suite.
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NuGet packages (5)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on CLSS.Constants.DefaultRandom:

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CLSS.ExtensionMethods.IList.Shuffle

An extension method to shuffle an IList in place using the Fisher-Yates algorithm. A part of the C# Language Syntactic Sugar suite.
CLSS.ExtensionMethods.IList.GetWeightedRandom

An extension method to select a weighted random element from a list. A part of the C# Language Syntactic Sugar suite.
CLSS.ExtensionMethods.IList.GetRandom

An extension method to select a random element from a list. A part of the C# Language Syntactic Sugar suite.
CLSS.ExtensionMethods.IList.ExclusiveSample

An extension method to randomly selection a number of non-repeating elements out of an IList using Donald Knuth's Algorithm S (Selection sampling technique). A part of the C# Language Syntactic Sugar suite.
CLSS.Types.WeightedSampler

A struct type that wraps around a list collection to select a weighted random element from it efficiently. A part of the C# Language Syntactic Sugar suite.

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Version Downloads Last updated
1.2.1 1,241 11/16/2022
1.2.0 2,408 8/7/2022
1.1.0 1,180 8/4/2022
1.0.0 2,323 8/1/2022

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