NanoPark/Assets/FirstGearGames/Scripts/Utilities/Arrays.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace FirstGearGames.Utilities.Objects
{

    public static class Arrays
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Randomizer used for shuffling.
        /// </summary>
        private static System.Random _random = new System.Random();

        /// <summary>
        /// Adds an entry to a list if it does not exist already.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name=""></param>
        /// <param name="value"></param>
        public static void AddUnique<T>(this List<T> list, object value)
        {
            if (!list.Contains((T)value))
                list.Add((T)value);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Removes an object from a list through re-ordering. This breaks the order of the list for a faster remove.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="list"></param>
        /// <param name="value"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static bool FastReferenceRemove<T>(this List<T> list, object value)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
            {
                if (object.ReferenceEquals(list[i], value))
                {
                    FastIndexRemove(list, i);
                    return true;
                }
            }

            return false;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Removes an index from a list through re-ordering. This breaks the order of the list for a faster remove.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="list"></param>
        /// <param name="index"></param>
        public static void FastIndexRemove<T>(this List<T> list, int index)
        {
            list[index] = list[list.Count - 1];
            list.RemoveAt(list.Count - 1);
        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Shuffles an array.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="array"></param>
        public static void Shuffle<T>(this T[] array)
        {
            int n = array.Length;
            for (int i = 0; i < (n - 1); i++)
            {
                int r = i + _random.Next(n - i);
                T t = array[r];
                array[r] = array[i];
                array[i] = t;
            }
        }


    }


}