When i have list
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
i want to get 3 random elements from list
e.g
[1, 3, 4] or [4, 5, 1] or [3, 2, 5]
how can i solve that simply
is there any dart library??
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The previous solution is good but could have been written in a more generic way so we don't loose the type information of the List. Also, take does not return a List but instead Iterable.
I have rewritten the code to be more generic and shorter by using the cascade operator. I am not sure if you want a List or Iterable as output so I have made multiple solutions:
void main() {
final items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
print(pickRandomItems(items, 3)); // (7, 4, 3)
print(pickRandomItemsAsList(items, 3)); // [2, 4, 5]
print(pickRandomItemsAsListWithSubList(items, 3)); // [1, 3, 6]
print(items); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] (just to show that the original List is untouched)
}
Iterable<T> pickRandomItems<T>(List<T> items, int count) =>
(items.toList()..shuffle()).take(count);
List<T> pickRandomItemsAsList<T>(List<T> items, int count) =>
(items.toList()..shuffle()).take(count).toList();
List<T> pickRandomItemsAsListWithSubList<T>(List<T> items, int count) =>
(items.toList()..shuffle()).sublist(0, count);
Instead of using take in pickRandomItemsAsList you can instead use sublist. But the catch with subList is that if the length are greater than the List it will give an error but with take you just get all the elements in the List shuffled.
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Simply shuffle list and take sublist (slice):
List pickRandomItems(List items, int count) {
final list = List.from(items); // cloning original list
list.shuffle(); // shuffling items
return list.take(count); // taking N items
}
List items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
print(pickRandomItems(items, 3));
