Random Array Sort?
| From: | Steve Keller | Date: | Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:43:13 +0000 |
| Subject: | Random Array Sort? | ||
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I looked in the guide and couldn't find an easy way to do this, like a multisort, so I thought I'd ask here and see if anyone can point me to the command or share code if they've done something like this.
I have an array with numbers in the fields, say 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the first 5 slots. Now I want to sort them, but randomly.
The only way I could think to do this is to create a loop, run it a random number of times, and in the loop, swap two random elements.
Can anyone think of an easier/more logical way?
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S. Keller
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