From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2006-03-05T10:21:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Jumble character order in a string

From: "jotto" <jonathan.otto@gmail.com>
>
> I'm trying to figure out a way to randomize the letters in a word,
> essentially jumbling the spelling.
> 
> jumbling the word jumble would give: lbujme or bujlme etc...
> 
> right now i'm considering:
> 
> rand(string.length) to get a random index of a letter in the string,
> then making a new string one character at a time. but this obviously
> doesn't take into account using the letters only once.
> 
> any ideas?

Hi, here's one way:

irb(main):034:0> "abcdefg".split(//).sort_by{rand}.join
=> "gafbedc"


Regards,

Bill