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Array sorter for randomized order of presentations for students
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
<title>Random Student Order</title> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<h1>Order of Presentations</h1> | |
<p>Determined by a randomly shuffled array:</p> | |
<div id="message"></div> | |
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js" integrity="sha256-/xUj+3OJU5yExlq6GSYGSHk7tPXikynS7ogEvDej/m4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> | |
<!-- any jQuery dependent files and scripts go below jQ --> | |
<script> | |
//my custom JS code | |
var students = ['Denerys', 'Tyrion', 'Rob', 'Varys', 'Stannis', 'Brianne', 'Cersei']; | |
function shuffle(array) { | |
len = array.length; | |
//gets the initial length of the array passed to the function, tells us how many times we need to go to the array to get a new value. | |
var tempArray = []; | |
//allows us to store a set of values gotten from the initial array | |
for(i = 0; i<len; i++){ | |
item = array.splice(getRandInt(0, array.length-1), 1); | |
tempArray.push(item[0]); //if you don't do this the item will be a one item array. This way it gets the value of the individual item that was taken out. | |
//console.log(tempArray); | |
} | |
return tempArray; | |
} | |
students = shuffle(students); | |
students = students.join('<br>'); | |
$('#message').html(students); | |
//any random number Generator will do here. | |
//function to generate a whole random interger | |
//@2param: number - min, max (with defaults set) | |
function getRandInt(min = 1, max = 100){ | |
return Math.floor(Math.random() *(max-min +1))+min; | |
} | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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