Answers for "how to randomize an array in javascript"

2

how do you make a random array in javascript

// how to generate random words from an array
const Coins = ["Heads","Tails"]
let Generate = Math.floor((Math.random() * Coins.length));

console.log(Coins[Generate]) // this will print the outcome
Posted by: Guest on August-05-2020
3

how to shuffle an array javascript

/**
 * Shuffles array in place.
 * @param {Array} a items An array containing the items.
 */
function shuffle(a) {
    var j, x, i;
    for (i = a.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
        j = round(random() * (i + 1));
        x = a[i];
        a[i] = a[j];
        a[j] = x;
    }
    return a;
}

shuffle(array);
Posted by: Guest on September-25-2020
13

javascript randomly shuffle array

function randomArrayShuffle(array) {
  var currentIndex = array.length, temporaryValue, randomIndex;
  while (0 !== currentIndex) {
    randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * currentIndex);
    currentIndex -= 1;
    temporaryValue = array[currentIndex];
    array[currentIndex] = array[randomIndex];
    array[randomIndex] = temporaryValue;
  }
  return array;
}
var alphabet=["a","b","c","d","e"];
randomArrayShuffle(alphabet); 
//alphabet is now shuffled randomly = ["d", "c", "b", "e", "a"]
Posted by: Guest on July-24-2019
1

how to randomize an array

const getShuffledArr = arr => {
    const newArr = arr.slice()
    for (let i = newArr.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
        const rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
        [newArr[i], newArr[rand]] = [newArr[rand], newArr[i]];
    }
    return newArr
};
Posted by: Guest on June-12-2020

Code answers related to "how to randomize an array in javascript"

Code answers related to "Javascript"

Browse Popular Code Answers by Language