Ruby Programming Language :: randomize array content


	randomize array content Hello, After 2 months working with ruby i still bump to some of those: what would be the simplest way (couldn't find a rand method) to achieve a subject's task? thanks! t traktor@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > After 2 months working with ruby i still bump to some of those: > what would be the simplest way (couldn't find a rand method) to > achieve a subject's task? If you mean that you want to shuffle the array, then: array.sort_by{rand} This comes up often enough that it'd almost be worth adding an Array#shuffle (and/or #shuffle!) method to core... -- Alex traktor@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > After 2 months working with ruby i still bump to some of those: > what would be the simplest way (couldn't find a rand method) to > achieve a subject's task? > thanks! > t ary.sort_by { rand } Regards Stefan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. On May 28, 2:07 pm, Alex Young <a@blackkettle.org> wrote: - Hide quoted text - > traktor@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, > > After 2 months working with ruby i still bump to some of those: > > what would be the simplest way (couldn't find a rand method) to > > achieve a subject's task? > If you mean that you want to shuffle the array, then: > array.sort_by{rand} > This comes up often enough that it'd almost be worth adding an > Array#shuffle (and/or #shuffle!) method to core... > -- > Alex Thanks Alex, that would be it! best t