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I did some searching on how to shuffle an array, and found
sort_by{rand}. However, if I call it, it doesn't make a change to my
array at all. I've got a class like this
class MyClass
def initialize
# Populate the array
@my_array =3D Array.new
...
end

def shuffle!
@my_array.sort_by{rand}
end
end

If I call shuffle! from my code, the array's elements are still in the
order that they were created. Why are they not being shuffled like I
want?

On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 07:03:42PM +0900, Pat Maddox wrote:
> def shuffle!
> @my_array.sort_by{rand}
@my_array = @my_array.sort_by{rand}
> end
> end

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Mauricio Fernandez

Mauricio Fernandez wrote:

>On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 07:03:42PM +0900, Pat Maddox wrote:
>
>
>> def shuffle!
>> @my_array.sort_by{rand}
>>
>>
> @my_array = @my_array.sort_by{rand}
>
>
or @my_array.sort_by! { rand }

>> end
>>end
>>
>>

> or @my_array.sort_by! { rand }
Except that sort_by! does not exist (at least not in 1.8.4)
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Sylvain

On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 08:54:33PM +0900, Devin Mullins wrote:
> Mauricio Fernandez wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 07:03:42PM +0900, Pat Maddox wrote:
> >
> >
> >> def shuffle!
> >> @my_array.sort_by{rand}
> >>
> >>
> > @my_array = @my_array.sort_by{rand}
> >
> >
> or @my_array.sort_by! { rand }

RUBY_RELEASE_DATE # => "2005-12-24"
RUBY_VERSION # => "1.8.4"
%w[a b c d].sort_by!{rand} # =>
# ~> -:3: undefined method `sort_by!' for ["a", "b", "c", "d"]:Array (NoMethodError)

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Mauricio Fernandez