Use Collections.shuffle to shuffle list

   
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import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class Shuffle {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<String> list = Arrays.asList(args);
    Collections.shuffle(list);
    System.out.println(list);
  }
}

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