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Fisher–Yates shuffle
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// Great explanation https://bost.ocks.org/mike/shuffle/ | |
// This relies on mutation. Could the algorithm be recreated using immutable data? | |
function shuffle(array) { | |
var count = array.length | |
while (count) { | |
const current = count - 1 | |
// exchange current card with a random card below the current card | |
swapIndices(array, current, Math.floor(Math.random() * current)) | |
// decrement count | |
count = count - 1 | |
} | |
return array; | |
} | |
function swapIndices(array, i, j) { | |
const t = array[i] | |
array[i] = array[j] | |
array[j] = t | |
} |
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