Can this switch and while loop be simplified in C#?












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while (p3.Alive || p2.Alive)

        {

            Random rnd = new Random();

            int victim = rnd.Next(1, 3);



            switch (victim)

            {

                case 1:

                    p1.Attack(p2, 2);

                    break;

                case 2:

                    p1.Attack(p3, 2);

                    break;

            }



            Thread.Sleep(2000);

        }


p2 and p3 and objects of class Person. They are about to be killed off on random by the killer, p1. But when I look at it, I feel like there could be a better solution because what if I had 1000 objects of class Person ready to be killed? I just can't seem to get the p2 and p3 to be easily programmed variables.



The while loop is the same. What if I had 1000 objects. Or even just 10. How can I write this so that the condition is "while anyone but the killer is alive" and an "if" or "switch" which attacks anyone chosen by the Random rnd?



The question is badly written in the topic. I don't know how I could summarize all this into a short question. I'll edit it if anyone has a good suggestion. Thank you.






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    Why not have a list of players?

    – stuartd
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51






  • 2





    Don't create a new Random object at each iteration, that could make the outcomes predictable because they all start at 'the first number from a semi-random list'. You are probably being saved here by the Sleep(2000), but still it's never a good idea and never needed.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51








  • 1





    Also this code makes it possible to attack a player that is not alive anymore. Waste of "attack resources" and a big logic flaw.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:54











  • @PeterB Hey, I did as you said and tested it and it works better now, thank you. How can I prevent him from attacking someone if already dead then? What would you do?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:25
















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while (p3.Alive || p2.Alive)

        {

            Random rnd = new Random();

            int victim = rnd.Next(1, 3);



            switch (victim)

            {

                case 1:

                    p1.Attack(p2, 2);

                    break;

                case 2:

                    p1.Attack(p3, 2);

                    break;

            }



            Thread.Sleep(2000);

        }


p2 and p3 and objects of class Person. They are about to be killed off on random by the killer, p1. But when I look at it, I feel like there could be a better solution because what if I had 1000 objects of class Person ready to be killed? I just can't seem to get the p2 and p3 to be easily programmed variables.



The while loop is the same. What if I had 1000 objects. Or even just 10. How can I write this so that the condition is "while anyone but the killer is alive" and an "if" or "switch" which attacks anyone chosen by the Random rnd?



The question is badly written in the topic. I don't know how I could summarize all this into a short question. I'll edit it if anyone has a good suggestion. Thank you.






c#







share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Why not have a list of players?

    – stuartd
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51






  • 2





    Don't create a new Random object at each iteration, that could make the outcomes predictable because they all start at 'the first number from a semi-random list'. You are probably being saved here by the Sleep(2000), but still it's never a good idea and never needed.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51








  • 1





    Also this code makes it possible to attack a player that is not alive anymore. Waste of "attack resources" and a big logic flaw.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:54











  • @PeterB Hey, I did as you said and tested it and it works better now, thank you. How can I prevent him from attacking someone if already dead then? What would you do?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:25














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while (p3.Alive || p2.Alive)

        {

            Random rnd = new Random();

            int victim = rnd.Next(1, 3);



            switch (victim)

            {

                case 1:

                    p1.Attack(p2, 2);

                    break;

                case 2:

                    p1.Attack(p3, 2);

                    break;

            }



            Thread.Sleep(2000);

        }


p2 and p3 and objects of class Person. They are about to be killed off on random by the killer, p1. But when I look at it, I feel like there could be a better solution because what if I had 1000 objects of class Person ready to be killed? I just can't seem to get the p2 and p3 to be easily programmed variables.



The while loop is the same. What if I had 1000 objects. Or even just 10. How can I write this so that the condition is "while anyone but the killer is alive" and an "if" or "switch" which attacks anyone chosen by the Random rnd?



The question is badly written in the topic. I don't know how I could summarize all this into a short question. I'll edit it if anyone has a good suggestion. Thank you.






c#







share|improve this question
















while (p3.Alive || p2.Alive)

        {

            Random rnd = new Random();

            int victim = rnd.Next(1, 3);



            switch (victim)

            {

                case 1:

                    p1.Attack(p2, 2);

                    break;

                case 2:

                    p1.Attack(p3, 2);

                    break;

            }



            Thread.Sleep(2000);

        }


p2 and p3 and objects of class Person. They are about to be killed off on random by the killer, p1. But when I look at it, I feel like there could be a better solution because what if I had 1000 objects of class Person ready to be killed? I just can't seem to get the p2 and p3 to be easily programmed variables.



The while loop is the same. What if I had 1000 objects. Or even just 10. How can I write this so that the condition is "while anyone but the killer is alive" and an "if" or "switch" which attacks anyone chosen by the Random rnd?



The question is badly written in the topic. I don't know how I could summarize all this into a short question. I'll edit it if anyone has a good suggestion. Thank you.






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  • 1





    Why not have a list of players?

    – stuartd
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51






  • 2





    Don't create a new Random object at each iteration, that could make the outcomes predictable because they all start at 'the first number from a semi-random list'. You are probably being saved here by the Sleep(2000), but still it's never a good idea and never needed.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51








  • 1





    Also this code makes it possible to attack a player that is not alive anymore. Waste of "attack resources" and a big logic flaw.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:54











  • @PeterB Hey, I did as you said and tested it and it works better now, thank you. How can I prevent him from attacking someone if already dead then? What would you do?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:25














  • 1





    Why not have a list of players?

    – stuartd
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51






  • 2





    Don't create a new Random object at each iteration, that could make the outcomes predictable because they all start at 'the first number from a semi-random list'. You are probably being saved here by the Sleep(2000), but still it's never a good idea and never needed.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:51








  • 1





    Also this code makes it possible to attack a player that is not alive anymore. Waste of "attack resources" and a big logic flaw.

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:54











  • @PeterB Hey, I did as you said and tested it and it works better now, thank you. How can I prevent him from attacking someone if already dead then? What would you do?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:25








1




1





Why not have a list of players?

– stuartd
Nov 16 '18 at 10:51





Why not have a list of players?

– stuartd
Nov 16 '18 at 10:51




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2





Don't create a new Random object at each iteration, that could make the outcomes predictable because they all start at 'the first number from a semi-random list'. You are probably being saved here by the Sleep(2000), but still it's never a good idea and never needed.

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 10:51







Don't create a new Random object at each iteration, that could make the outcomes predictable because they all start at 'the first number from a semi-random list'. You are probably being saved here by the Sleep(2000), but still it's never a good idea and never needed.

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 10:51






1




1





Also this code makes it possible to attack a player that is not alive anymore. Waste of "attack resources" and a big logic flaw.

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 10:54





Also this code makes it possible to attack a player that is not alive anymore. Waste of "attack resources" and a big logic flaw.

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 10:54













@PeterB Hey, I did as you said and tested it and it works better now, thank you. How can I prevent him from attacking someone if already dead then? What would you do?

– Furnus
Nov 16 '18 at 12:25





@PeterB Hey, I did as you said and tested it and it works better now, thank you. How can I prevent him from attacking someone if already dead then? What would you do?

– Furnus
Nov 16 '18 at 12:25












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This seems like it is essentially a coin toss with 2 outcomes; 2 outcomes can be modelled with the "conditional" operator:



var target = rnd.Next(0,2) == 0 ? p2 : p3;

pi.Attack(target);


For larger groups, having the possible targets in a list or array may be useful; then you can essentially do:



var target = list[rnd.Next(list.Count)];


Or with C# 8, "switch expressions" may be useful:



var target = rnd.Next(4) switch (

   case 0: p1,

   case 1: p2,

   case 2: p3,

   case 3: p4,

   case _: default

);





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  • The ternary operator is costly in term of processing.

    – Hassaan
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:59






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    @Hassaan it is a single conditional jump (typically brtrue or brfalse - or their "short" forms) - certainly not "expensive" by most definitions; it may cause a CPU branch prediction fail, and there are cases where that might be relevant, but frankly, that is going to be absolutely nothing compared to the cost of generating the next random number, so: I'm going to ignore it completely. In the scenario presented, a conditional is absolutely free

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:03





















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Fixes for all issues:




  • Only make one Random object

  • Use a List to avoid repeated code

  • Don't attack opponents that are no longer Alive


using System.Collections.Generic;             // provides the List type



Random rnd = new Random();

var opponents = new List<Player> { p2, p3 };  // add more as needed



while (true)

{

    opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.Alive);  // only keep live enemies (efficient: does not create new List)

    if (opponents.Count == 0)            // if nobody left --> exit loop

        break;



    int victim = rnd.Next(0, opponents.Count);

    p1.Attack(opponents[victim]);

    Thread.Sleep(2000);

}





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  • 1





    creating an array every time, and using the Where predicate each time - are both unnecessarily expensive here; I'd be more inclined to populate a list at the start, and basically do var target = opponents[victim]; p1.Attack(target); if (!target.IsAlive) { opponents.Remove(target); }

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:07













  • Thanks, probably a better approach, unless opponents could also die for other reasons (e.g. old age) outside the control of this loop ;-)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:08






  • 2





    indeed; in that case, List<T> has a predicate-based remove all method, so - before picking a target: opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.IsAlive); - the predicate will be hoisted into a static by the C# compiler, so that it doesn't cost an allocation per call

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:10






  • 1





    Followed through. Just a thought: maybe SO should introduce PRs and Code Reviews for answers (and questions!)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:08











  • @PeterB This looks good, but I would still here have to add the 1000 people to the array. - I also don't understand what we're doing with the Where and x equal to or less than x.Alive and all that. What are we asking? - And what is opponents.length in the if statement?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:36














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This seems like it is essentially a coin toss with 2 outcomes; 2 outcomes can be modelled with the "conditional" operator:



var target = rnd.Next(0,2) == 0 ? p2 : p3;

pi.Attack(target);


For larger groups, having the possible targets in a list or array may be useful; then you can essentially do:



var target = list[rnd.Next(list.Count)];


Or with C# 8, "switch expressions" may be useful:



var target = rnd.Next(4) switch (

   case 0: p1,

   case 1: p2,

   case 2: p3,

   case 3: p4,

   case _: default

);





share|improve this answer


























  • The ternary operator is costly in term of processing.

    – Hassaan
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:59






  • 4





    @Hassaan it is a single conditional jump (typically brtrue or brfalse - or their "short" forms) - certainly not "expensive" by most definitions; it may cause a CPU branch prediction fail, and there are cases where that might be relevant, but frankly, that is going to be absolutely nothing compared to the cost of generating the next random number, so: I'm going to ignore it completely. In the scenario presented, a conditional is absolutely free

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:03


















3














This seems like it is essentially a coin toss with 2 outcomes; 2 outcomes can be modelled with the "conditional" operator:



var target = rnd.Next(0,2) == 0 ? p2 : p3;

pi.Attack(target);


For larger groups, having the possible targets in a list or array may be useful; then you can essentially do:



var target = list[rnd.Next(list.Count)];


Or with C# 8, "switch expressions" may be useful:



var target = rnd.Next(4) switch (

   case 0: p1,

   case 1: p2,

   case 2: p3,

   case 3: p4,

   case _: default

);





share|improve this answer


























  • The ternary operator is costly in term of processing.

    – Hassaan
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:59






  • 4





    @Hassaan it is a single conditional jump (typically brtrue or brfalse - or their "short" forms) - certainly not "expensive" by most definitions; it may cause a CPU branch prediction fail, and there are cases where that might be relevant, but frankly, that is going to be absolutely nothing compared to the cost of generating the next random number, so: I'm going to ignore it completely. In the scenario presented, a conditional is absolutely free

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:03
















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This seems like it is essentially a coin toss with 2 outcomes; 2 outcomes can be modelled with the "conditional" operator:



var target = rnd.Next(0,2) == 0 ? p2 : p3;

pi.Attack(target);


For larger groups, having the possible targets in a list or array may be useful; then you can essentially do:



var target = list[rnd.Next(list.Count)];


Or with C# 8, "switch expressions" may be useful:



var target = rnd.Next(4) switch (

   case 0: p1,

   case 1: p2,

   case 2: p3,

   case 3: p4,

   case _: default

);





share|improve this answer















This seems like it is essentially a coin toss with 2 outcomes; 2 outcomes can be modelled with the "conditional" operator:



var target = rnd.Next(0,2) == 0 ? p2 : p3;

pi.Attack(target);


For larger groups, having the possible targets in a list or array may be useful; then you can essentially do:



var target = list[rnd.Next(list.Count)];


Or with C# 8, "switch expressions" may be useful:



var target = rnd.Next(4) switch (

   case 0: p1,

   case 1: p2,

   case 2: p3,

   case 3: p4,

   case _: default

);






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answered Nov 16 '18 at 10:56









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  • The ternary operator is costly in term of processing.

    – Hassaan
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:59






  • 4





    @Hassaan it is a single conditional jump (typically brtrue or brfalse - or their "short" forms) - certainly not "expensive" by most definitions; it may cause a CPU branch prediction fail, and there are cases where that might be relevant, but frankly, that is going to be absolutely nothing compared to the cost of generating the next random number, so: I'm going to ignore it completely. In the scenario presented, a conditional is absolutely free

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:03





















  • The ternary operator is costly in term of processing.

    – Hassaan
    Nov 16 '18 at 10:59






  • 4





    @Hassaan it is a single conditional jump (typically brtrue or brfalse - or their "short" forms) - certainly not "expensive" by most definitions; it may cause a CPU branch prediction fail, and there are cases where that might be relevant, but frankly, that is going to be absolutely nothing compared to the cost of generating the next random number, so: I'm going to ignore it completely. In the scenario presented, a conditional is absolutely free

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:03



















The ternary operator is costly in term of processing.

– Hassaan
Nov 16 '18 at 10:59





The ternary operator is costly in term of processing.

– Hassaan
Nov 16 '18 at 10:59




4




4





@Hassaan it is a single conditional jump (typically brtrue or brfalse - or their "short" forms) - certainly not "expensive" by most definitions; it may cause a CPU branch prediction fail, and there are cases where that might be relevant, but frankly, that is going to be absolutely nothing compared to the cost of generating the next random number, so: I'm going to ignore it completely. In the scenario presented, a conditional is absolutely free

– Marc Gravell♦
Nov 16 '18 at 11:03







@Hassaan it is a single conditional jump (typically brtrue or brfalse - or their "short" forms) - certainly not "expensive" by most definitions; it may cause a CPU branch prediction fail, and there are cases where that might be relevant, but frankly, that is going to be absolutely nothing compared to the cost of generating the next random number, so: I'm going to ignore it completely. In the scenario presented, a conditional is absolutely free

– Marc Gravell♦
Nov 16 '18 at 11:03















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Fixes for all issues:




  • Only make one Random object

  • Use a List to avoid repeated code

  • Don't attack opponents that are no longer Alive


using System.Collections.Generic;             // provides the List type



Random rnd = new Random();

var opponents = new List<Player> { p2, p3 };  // add more as needed



while (true)

{

    opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.Alive);  // only keep live enemies (efficient: does not create new List)

    if (opponents.Count == 0)            // if nobody left --> exit loop

        break;



    int victim = rnd.Next(0, opponents.Count);

    p1.Attack(opponents[victim]);

    Thread.Sleep(2000);

}





share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    creating an array every time, and using the Where predicate each time - are both unnecessarily expensive here; I'd be more inclined to populate a list at the start, and basically do var target = opponents[victim]; p1.Attack(target); if (!target.IsAlive) { opponents.Remove(target); }

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:07













  • Thanks, probably a better approach, unless opponents could also die for other reasons (e.g. old age) outside the control of this loop ;-)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:08






  • 2





    indeed; in that case, List<T> has a predicate-based remove all method, so - before picking a target: opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.IsAlive); - the predicate will be hoisted into a static by the C# compiler, so that it doesn't cost an allocation per call

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:10






  • 1





    Followed through. Just a thought: maybe SO should introduce PRs and Code Reviews for answers (and questions!)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:08











  • @PeterB This looks good, but I would still here have to add the 1000 people to the array. - I also don't understand what we're doing with the Where and x equal to or less than x.Alive and all that. What are we asking? - And what is opponents.length in the if statement?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:36


















3














Fixes for all issues:




  • Only make one Random object

  • Use a List to avoid repeated code

  • Don't attack opponents that are no longer Alive


using System.Collections.Generic;             // provides the List type



Random rnd = new Random();

var opponents = new List<Player> { p2, p3 };  // add more as needed



while (true)

{

    opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.Alive);  // only keep live enemies (efficient: does not create new List)

    if (opponents.Count == 0)            // if nobody left --> exit loop

        break;



    int victim = rnd.Next(0, opponents.Count);

    p1.Attack(opponents[victim]);

    Thread.Sleep(2000);

}





share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    creating an array every time, and using the Where predicate each time - are both unnecessarily expensive here; I'd be more inclined to populate a list at the start, and basically do var target = opponents[victim]; p1.Attack(target); if (!target.IsAlive) { opponents.Remove(target); }

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:07













  • Thanks, probably a better approach, unless opponents could also die for other reasons (e.g. old age) outside the control of this loop ;-)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:08






  • 2





    indeed; in that case, List<T> has a predicate-based remove all method, so - before picking a target: opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.IsAlive); - the predicate will be hoisted into a static by the C# compiler, so that it doesn't cost an allocation per call

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:10






  • 1





    Followed through. Just a thought: maybe SO should introduce PRs and Code Reviews for answers (and questions!)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:08











  • @PeterB This looks good, but I would still here have to add the 1000 people to the array. - I also don't understand what we're doing with the Where and x equal to or less than x.Alive and all that. What are we asking? - And what is opponents.length in the if statement?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:36
















3












3








3







Fixes for all issues:




  • Only make one Random object

  • Use a List to avoid repeated code

  • Don't attack opponents that are no longer Alive


using System.Collections.Generic;             // provides the List type



Random rnd = new Random();

var opponents = new List<Player> { p2, p3 };  // add more as needed



while (true)

{

    opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.Alive);  // only keep live enemies (efficient: does not create new List)

    if (opponents.Count == 0)            // if nobody left --> exit loop

        break;



    int victim = rnd.Next(0, opponents.Count);

    p1.Attack(opponents[victim]);

    Thread.Sleep(2000);

}





share|improve this answer















Fixes for all issues:




  • Only make one Random object

  • Use a List to avoid repeated code

  • Don't attack opponents that are no longer Alive


using System.Collections.Generic;             // provides the List type



Random rnd = new Random();

var opponents = new List<Player> { p2, p3 };  // add more as needed



while (true)

{

    opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.Alive);  // only keep live enemies (efficient: does not create new List)

    if (opponents.Count == 0)            // if nobody left --> exit loop

        break;



    int victim = rnd.Next(0, opponents.Count);

    p1.Attack(opponents[victim]);

    Thread.Sleep(2000);

}






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answered Nov 16 '18 at 11:03









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  • 1





    creating an array every time, and using the Where predicate each time - are both unnecessarily expensive here; I'd be more inclined to populate a list at the start, and basically do var target = opponents[victim]; p1.Attack(target); if (!target.IsAlive) { opponents.Remove(target); }

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:07













  • Thanks, probably a better approach, unless opponents could also die for other reasons (e.g. old age) outside the control of this loop ;-)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:08






  • 2





    indeed; in that case, List<T> has a predicate-based remove all method, so - before picking a target: opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.IsAlive); - the predicate will be hoisted into a static by the C# compiler, so that it doesn't cost an allocation per call

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:10






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    Followed through. Just a thought: maybe SO should introduce PRs and Code Reviews for answers (and questions!)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:08











  • @PeterB This looks good, but I would still here have to add the 1000 people to the array. - I also don't understand what we're doing with the Where and x equal to or less than x.Alive and all that. What are we asking? - And what is opponents.length in the if statement?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:36
















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    creating an array every time, and using the Where predicate each time - are both unnecessarily expensive here; I'd be more inclined to populate a list at the start, and basically do var target = opponents[victim]; p1.Attack(target); if (!target.IsAlive) { opponents.Remove(target); }

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:07













  • Thanks, probably a better approach, unless opponents could also die for other reasons (e.g. old age) outside the control of this loop ;-)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:08






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    indeed; in that case, List<T> has a predicate-based remove all method, so - before picking a target: opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.IsAlive); - the predicate will be hoisted into a static by the C# compiler, so that it doesn't cost an allocation per call

    – Marc Gravell♦
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:10






  • 1





    Followed through. Just a thought: maybe SO should introduce PRs and Code Reviews for answers (and questions!)

    – Peter B
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:08











  • @PeterB This looks good, but I would still here have to add the 1000 people to the array. - I also don't understand what we're doing with the Where and x equal to or less than x.Alive and all that. What are we asking? - And what is opponents.length in the if statement?

    – Furnus
    Nov 16 '18 at 12:36










1




1





creating an array every time, and using the Where predicate each time - are both unnecessarily expensive here; I'd be more inclined to populate a list at the start, and basically do var target = opponents[victim]; p1.Attack(target); if (!target.IsAlive) { opponents.Remove(target); }

– Marc Gravell♦
Nov 16 '18 at 11:07







creating an array every time, and using the Where predicate each time - are both unnecessarily expensive here; I'd be more inclined to populate a list at the start, and basically do var target = opponents[victim]; p1.Attack(target); if (!target.IsAlive) { opponents.Remove(target); }

– Marc Gravell♦
Nov 16 '18 at 11:07















Thanks, probably a better approach, unless opponents could also die for other reasons (e.g. old age) outside the control of this loop ;-)

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 11:08





Thanks, probably a better approach, unless opponents could also die for other reasons (e.g. old age) outside the control of this loop ;-)

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 11:08




2




2





indeed; in that case, List<T> has a predicate-based remove all method, so - before picking a target: opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.IsAlive); - the predicate will be hoisted into a static by the C# compiler, so that it doesn't cost an allocation per call

– Marc Gravell♦
Nov 16 '18 at 11:10





indeed; in that case, List<T> has a predicate-based remove all method, so - before picking a target: opponents.RemoveAll(x => !x.IsAlive); - the predicate will be hoisted into a static by the C# compiler, so that it doesn't cost an allocation per call

– Marc Gravell♦
Nov 16 '18 at 11:10




1




1





Followed through. Just a thought: maybe SO should introduce PRs and Code Reviews for answers (and questions!)

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 12:08





Followed through. Just a thought: maybe SO should introduce PRs and Code Reviews for answers (and questions!)

– Peter B
Nov 16 '18 at 12:08













@PeterB This looks good, but I would still here have to add the 1000 people to the array. - I also don't understand what we're doing with the Where and x equal to or less than x.Alive and all that. What are we asking? - And what is opponents.length in the if statement?

– Furnus
Nov 16 '18 at 12:36







@PeterB This looks good, but I would still here have to add the 1000 people to the array. - I also don't understand what we're doing with the Where and x equal to or less than x.Alive and all that. What are we asking? - And what is opponents.length in the if statement?

– Furnus
Nov 16 '18 at 12:36




















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