Questions tagged [fisher-yates-shuffle]

I get the question about choosing a random word from user input using Knuth's shuffling algorithm, but the problem is I have the constraint of using some specific libraries. (here is the link for more details - my part is to form the random word…

Fisher–Yates shuffle means that we take the last number from the selected segment every time and swap it with the previously randomly selected number, iterate continuously, and finally achieve random shuffling.The code for the official Shuffle in…

I am trying to set up a function that, for example, will return 10 numbers between 1 and 5 or 6 and 10 (1/6 and 5/10 included with duplicates) But I keep getting numbers between 0 and 4. function potato(min, max, times) { const randoms = [] …

So I am trying to get an understanding for array shuffling. I came across this article: https://bost.ocks.org/mike/shuffle/ But I am confused. function shuffle(array) { var m = array.length, t, i; // While there remain elements to shuffle… …