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| From | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically |
| Date | 2013-05-24 06:10 -0400 |
| References | <a31c773f-88d8-4489-8640-12123d884e4d@m2g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2054.1369390242.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 5/24/2013 4:14 AM, Peter Brooks wrote: > What is the easiest way to reorder a sequence pseudo-randomly? > > That is, for a sequence 1,2,3,4 to produce an arbitrary ordering (eg > 2,1,4,3) that is different each time. > > I'm writing a simulation and would like to visit all the nodes in a > different order at each iteration of the simulation to remove the risk > of a fixed order introducing spurious evidence of correlation. random module has a shuffle function I believe
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Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 01:14 -0700
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 18:37 +1000
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 09:47 +0100
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 19:11 +1000
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically duncan smith <buzzard@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-24 15:33 +0100
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-05-24 06:10 -0400
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-24 10:52 +0000
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-24 07:26 -0400
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 06:23 -0700
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-24 13:57 +0000
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 14:14 +0100
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-05-24 10:33 -0700
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-05-25 18:25 -0700
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-05-25 21:49 -0400
RE: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-24 18:00 +0300
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 12:01 -0700
RE: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-25 00:33 +0300
Re: Simple algorithm question - how to reorder a sequence economically Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 17:28 -0700
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