I'm assuming that the random function can generate uniformly distributed random numbers between 0 and n(excluding n), where n is an +ive integer.
def randperm( A ): for i in range(0, n): t = i+1 + random(, n - i-1 ) swap(A[t], A[i]) note that the permutation is in-place. Anil On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM, sharad kumar <sharad20073...@gmail.com>wrote: > Write a method to shufle the deck. The constraint is it has to be a perfect > shuffle - in other words, every 52! permutations of the deck has to be > equally like (given a completely random function which is theoretical of > course) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<algogeeks%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.