Split value in 24 randomly sized parts using C#

Question

I have a value, say 20010. I want to randomly divide this value over 24 hours. So basically split the value into a 24 slot big array where all slots are randomly big.

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Answer 1

Here's another solution that I think would work very well for this. Each time the method is called, it will return another set of randomly distributed values.

public static IEnumerable Split(int n, int m)
{
    Random r = new Random();
    int i = 0;

    var dict = Enumerable.Range(1, m - 1)
        .Select(x => new { Key = r.NextDouble(), Value = x })
        .OrderBy(x => x.Key)
        .Take(n - 2)
        .Select(x => x.Value)
        .Union(new[] { 0, m })
        .OrderBy(x => x)
        .ToDictionary(x => i++);

    return dict.Skip(1).Select(x => x.Value - dict[x.Key - 1]);
}