Javascript : Shuffle or randomize array example
Problem :
You have an array and you want to shuffle the items in the array. How to do that in Javascript?
Solution :
Use Math.random()
function to randomize the swapping process and the end result will be a shuffled/randomized array.
function shuffle(input){
for(
var j, x, i = input.length; i;
j = Math.floor(Math.random() * i),
x = input[--i],
input[i] = input[j],
input[j] = x
);
return input;
};
var intArray = ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9'];
shuffle(intArray);
console.log(intArray);
var strArray = ['abc','def','ghi','jkl','mno'];
shuffle(strArray);
console.log(strArray);
To see the output, use the browser's console viewer.
By Adam Ng
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