refs #452, allow to pick random elements from collection

(will be used in view resizing)

src/blackmisc/collection.h

@@ -337,6 +337,23 @@ namespace BlackMisc
          */
         void remove(const CCollection &other) { *this = CCollection(*this).difference(other); }
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return some random elements from container
+         * \param elements how many elements
+         */
+        CCollection randomElements(int elements) const
+        {
+            if (this->isEmpty() || elements < 1) { return CCollection(); }
+            int high = this->size();
+            CCollection r;
+            for (int i = 0; i < elements; i++)
+            {
+                int randomIndex = qrand() % high;
+                r.push_back(*(this->begin()+ randomIndex));
+            }
+            return r;
+        }
+
         /*!
          * \brief Test for equality.
          * \todo Improve inefficient implementation.

src/blackmisc/math/mathutils.h

@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 
             //! Normalize: 0≤ degrees <360
             static double normalizeDegrees(double degrees);
+
+            //! Random number between low and high
+            static int randomIntger(int low, int high)
+            {
+                return qrand() % ((high + 1) - low) + low;
+            }
         };
 
     } // namespace

src/blackmisc/sequence.h

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <utility>
 #include <initializer_list>
-#include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrent>
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
@@ -519,6 +518,23 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             return sorted(BlackMisc::Predicates::MemberLess(key1, keys...));
         }
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return some random elements from container
+         * \param elements how many elements
+         */
+        CSequence randomElements(int elements) const
+        {
+            if (this->isEmpty() || elements < 1) { return CSequence(); }
+            int high = this->size();
+            CSequence r;
+            for (int i = 0; i < elements; i++)
+            {
+                int randomIndex = qrand() % high;
+                r.push_back(this->operator [](randomIndex));
+            }
+            return r;
+        }
+
         //! Equals operator.
         friend bool operator ==(const CSequence &a, const CSequence &b)
         {