Golang : How to shuffle elements in array or slice?




Problem :

You have an array or slice with elements in natural order and you want to shuffle the elements.

Solution :

Use rand.Seed function to randomize the elements position inside the array or slice.

For example :

 package main

 import (
  "fmt"
  "math/rand"
  "time"
 )

 func shuffle(arr []int) {
  t := time.Now()
  rand.Seed(int64(t.Nanosecond())) // no shuffling without this line

  for i := len(arr) - 1; i > 0; i-- {
 j := rand.Intn(i)
 arr[i], arr[j] = arr[j], arr[i]
  }
 }

 func main() {

  //list := rand.Perm(25)
  list := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
  fmt.Printf("Original : %v\n", list)

  shuffledList := list

  shuffle(shuffledList)
  fmt.Printf("Shuffled : %v\n", shuffledList)

 }

Output :

Original : [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]

Shuffled : [10 3 9 8 2 1 4 6 7 5]

  See also : Golang : Generate random elements without repetition or duplicate





By Adam Ng

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