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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:01:21 -0400
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Re: Shuffling a List
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On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Chuck Pelto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does anyone have a good suggestion on how to shuffle the contents of a list?

Fisher-Yates is a good algorithm.  What language?


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