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authorHybridDog <3192173+HybridDog@users.noreply.github.com>2020-02-01 16:09:45 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-02-01 16:09:45 +0100
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Add table.shuffle (#8299)
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diff --git a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
index e4c7f4aa3..1e9a08851 100644
--- a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
@@ -576,6 +576,20 @@ function table.key_value_swap(t)
end
+function table.shuffle(t, from, to, random)
+ from = from or 1
+ to = to or #t
+ random = random or math.random
+ local n = to - from + 1
+ while n > 1 do
+ local r = from + n-1
+ local l = from + random(0, n-1)
+ t[l], t[r] = t[r], t[l]
+ n = n-1
+ end
+end
+
+
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-- mainmenu only functions
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