RANDOM DATATABLE ROW

static Random _rand = new Random();

public DataView RandomizeDataTable(DataTable dt)

{


// Create array of indices and populate with ordinal values

int[] indices = new int[dt.Rows.Count];

for (int i = 0; i < indices.Length; i++)

indices[i] = i;



// Knuth-Fisher-Yates shuffle indices randomly

for (int i = indices.Length - 1; i > 0; i--)

{

int n = _rand.Next(i + 1);

int tmp = indices[i];

indices[i] = indices[n];

indices[n] = tmp;

}



// Add new column to data table (if it's not there already)

// to store shuffle index

if (dt.Columns["rndSortId"] == null)

dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("rndSortId", typeof(int)));

int rndSortColIdx = dt.Columns["rndSortId"].Ordinal;

for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count; i++)

dt.Rows[i][rndSortColIdx] = indices[i];



DataView dv = new DataView(dt);

dv.Sort = "rndSortId";



return dv;

}