How can I randomly shuffle the positions within a Mathematica table?

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The discussion centers on how to randomly shuffle the positions within a table in Mathematica. The recommended solution is to use the RandomPermutation[] function, which requires loading the DiscreteMath package. This function effectively rearranges the elements of a list or table into a random order. Users seeking to implement random shuffling in Mathematica should ensure they have the necessary package loaded before using this function.

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Hi everyone,

Does anybody know how to randomly shuffle the positions within a table about? For example a table T = {1,2,3,4,5,6...} gets randomly shuffled to be T' = {7,3,5,1,4...} [or whatever].

I thought there might be some kind of intrinsic RandomShuffle kind of function but can't find one...

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Use the RandomPermutation[] function. It should do the trick. (need to load the DiscreteMath package to use it)
 
Brilliant, thank-you!
 

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