I would like to make a function that takes a list, more specificaly a
list of strings, and shuffles its elements, like a pile of cards. The
following is a script I tryed to make that implements pile shuffling.
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testdeck = list('qwertyuiop')
def pileshuffle(DECK, NUMPILES):
"""Split the deck given into NUMPILES piles. Then also put the
piles""" \
""" together to make the deck again."""
# Define a list of lists which is the piles
PILES = [[]] * NUMPILES
card = 0
pilenum = 0
while card < len(DECK):
PILES[pilenum].append(DECK[card])
card += 1
if pilenum < NUMPILES:
pilenum += 1
else:
pilenum = 0
print PILES
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First of all, this script tells me that an index is out of range. I
cannot see why this would be so. Second of all, I would like to have
other methods of shuffling, prefererably riffle shuffling and just
plain randomly arranging the elements of the list.
I very much appreciate any help. Thank you.
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