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mef

12-07-2007, 07:10 PM

I was wondering if there was an easy way to shuffle the contents of an array.
Currently I have a script that stores objects in the order that they where picked but I want to be able to alter this so that it is random.

Marc

PiXeL_MoNKeY

12-07-2007, 08:02 PM

Try this: oldArr = #() -- make this your original array
newArr = #()
while oldArr.count > 0 do (
rndItem = random 1 oldArr.count -- randomly choose index from array
append newArr oldArr[rndItem] -- selected item to new array
deleteItem oldArr rndItem -- delete item from oldArr so it doesn't duplicate
) Make sure to set oldArr to your original array.

-Eric

mef

12-07-2007, 09:23 PM

Thanks Eric. I'll give it a try this weekend.

Marc

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