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Shuffle a Deck of Cards
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| var shuffle = function(arr) { | |
| var rand, temp; | |
| //loop through array and swap out value at random position | |
| //with value at iteration position of array | |
| for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { | |
| //generate random number between 0 and length of array. | |
| rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * arr.length); | |
| temp = arr[i]; //store value of arr[i] to swap later | |
| arr[i] = arr[rand]; //set arr[i] to random position value | |
| arr[rand] = temp; //replace with temp | |
| } | |
| return arr; | |
| }; | |
| //tests | |
| console.log(shuffle([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 73, 13, 20, 32, 33, 14, 12, 24])); | |
| //[ 3, 14, 4, 32, 12, 1, 2, 13, 73, 33, 24, 6, 20, 5 ] | |
| //[ 20, 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 24, 73, 32, 12, 14, 33, 13, 6 ] | |
| //[ 2, 5, 24, 1, 14, 32, 33, 20, 3, 12, 13, 4, 73, 6 ] | |
| //[ 3, 5, 2, 1, 33, 4, 20, 6, 14, 73, 32, 24, 12, 13 ] |
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