Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. * <p/> * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * <p/> * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * <p/> * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Random; public class Main { private static Random rand = new Random(System.nanoTime()); /** * Randomize the specified list. * @param list the list to randomize. * @param <E> the type of elements in the list. * @return a new list with all the elements of the input but in a random order. */ public static <E> List<E> randomize(List<E> list) { List<E> tmp = new ArrayList<>(list); List<E> result = new ArrayList<>(list.size()); while (!tmp.isEmpty()) { int n = rand.nextInt(tmp.size()); result.add(tmp.remove(n)); } return result; } }