Nodejs Array Shuffle shuffle()

Method Source Code

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// Returns a shuffled copy of the array;
Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {
  var arr = this.slice(0);
  var counter = this.length,
    temp, index;

  // While there are elements in the array
  while (counter > 0) {
    // Pick a random index
    index = Math.floor(Math.random() * counter);

    // Decrease counter by 1
    counter--;

    // And swap the last element with it
    temp = arr[counter];
    arr[counter] = arr[index];
    arr[index] = temp;
  }

  return arr;
};

Related

1. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {
       if (Object.prototype.toString.call(this) !== '[object Array]') {
           throw new TypeError("`this` must be Array, not " + typeof this);
       var length = this.length;
       for (var i = length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
           var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * length),
               temp = this[i];
           this[i] = this[randomIndex];
   ...
   

2. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function(){
     var length = this.length;
     var i, j, temp;
     for(i = length - 1; i >= 0; i--){
       j = Math.floor(Math.random()*(i+1));
       temp = this[i];
       this[i] = this[j];
       this[j] = temp;
     return this;
   };
   var testArray = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
   console.log(testArray.shuffle());
   console.log(testArray);
   

3. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function(){
     var result = [];
     while(this.length > 0 ){
       result.push( this.splice(Math.floor(Math.random() * this.length), 1)[0] );
     return result;
   };
   

4. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function(){
     for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++){
         var a = this[i];
         var b = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.length);
         this[i] = this[b];
         this[b] = a;
   function shuffleProperties(obj) {
   ...
   

5. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function () {
       let array = this, arraylength = array.length, randomIndex, temp;
       while (arraylength) {
           randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random(arraylength) * arraylength--);
           temp = array[arraylength];
           array[arraylength] = array[randomIndex];
           array[randomIndex] = temp;
       return array;
   ...
   

6. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle=function() {
     this.sort(function() {return Math.random()-0.5; });
   

7. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {
   var s = [];
   while (this.length) s.push(this.splice(Math.random() * this.length, 1)[0]);
   while (s.length) this.push(s.pop());
   return this;
   

8. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function(){
     var i=this.length,j,t;
     while(i--)
       j=Math.floor((i+1)*Math.random());
       t=this[i];
       this[i]=this[j];
       this[j]=t;
     return this;
   };
   

9. shuffle()

   Array.prototype.shuffle = function () {
     var l = this.length + 1;
     while (l--) {
       var r   = ~~(Math.random() * l), o = this[r];
       this[r] = this[0];
       this[0] = o;
     return this;
   };
   ...