From: ThoML <micathom@...>
Date: 2008-07-04T01:42:11+09:00
Subject: Re: pseudo-randomize an array in a consistent order

On Jul 3, 4:56 pm, Max Williams <toastkid.willi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to pseudo-randomize an array (eg with a seed) so
> that you get the same order every time you do it?

ruby19 has a Array#shuffle method:
irb(main):001:0> Kernel.srand(1); [1,2,3,4,5].shuffle
=> [2, 4, 1, 5, 3]
irb(main):002:0> Kernel.srand(1); [1,2,3,4,5].shuffle
=> [2, 4, 1, 5, 3]