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Add Knuth shuffling (TypeScript).
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joshuamegnauth54 committed Feb 6, 2024
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/** Shuffles a slice in place.
*
* @param {Array<T>} slice - Mutable slice to shuffle.
*/
export function shuffle_in_place<T>(slice: Array<T>): void {
// TypeScript doesn't have unsigned types. This can't underflow.
let i = slice.length - 1;

while (i > 0) {
// Crux of Knuth shuffling.
// Select a random index up to i, then swap the item at i with it
const j = Math.floor(Math.random() * i);
[slice[i], slice[j]] = [slice[j], slice[i]];

--i;
}
}

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