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Array.shuffle()?

 
 
James Edward Gray II
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      09-23-2004
I've been wondering lately, is there any particular reason Array
doesn't have a shuffle() method? I realize it's pretty simple to roll
my own, but this seems useful in many situations so I'm surprised it's
not part of the core. Any thoughts?

James Edward Gray II



 
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Robert Klemme
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      09-23-2004

"James Edward Gray II" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I've been wondering lately, is there any particular reason Array
> doesn't have a shuffle() method? I realize it's pretty simple to roll
> my own, but this seems useful in many situations so I'm surprised it's
> not part of the core. Any thoughts?


I'd assume the reason is that there might be arbitrary many shuffle
implementations with no obvious default implementation. I guess there are
many algos that need shuffling with certain properties.

Just a wild guess though...

robert

 
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