.shuffle()
Published Feb 26, 2022Updated Mar 9, 2022
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The .shuffle()
method takes a list as a parameter and randomly re-orders the contents in place.
Syntax
random.shuffle(list)
The list
is the collection of items to be shuffled in place.
Example
After importing the random
module, lists can be rearranged with .shuffle()
:
import randommy_list = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]random.shuffle(my_list)print(my_list)# Output: [2, 3, 5, 0, 6, 8, 4, 7, 1, 9]
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