Re: A85: A couple of programming questions
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Re: A85: A couple of programming questions
That sounds much better than what i was originally doing. I was just
randomly swapping 2 cards. Thanks for the info, i'll try it.
-mike pearce
On Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:46:30 -0800, you wrote:
>I can't help you with the specifics but it may be of interest to know
>that I read a very good doctorate paper on shuffling cards and it
>proved mathematically that randomizing the list 4 times completely shuffled
>a deck. So when you do randomize it, just loop four times and you got it.
>
>The method inferred was you take the first card and swap with a random card,
>do the same with the second, and so on. Loop four times, bingo!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Pearce [SMTP:mikep@anet-dfw.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 01, 1997 2:39 PM
>To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: A85: A couple of programming questions
>
>First, and most importantly, what is the best way to create a random
>order for a fixed data set. Or more specifically, what is the best
>way to shuffle cards. Second, does the RANDOM routine in Usgard work?
>I think i remember reading that you could only call it so many times.
>Is this still true with Usgard v1.0?
>
>-mike pearce
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