Re^7: Array problem

Finally, what affect does that re-pick have upon the fairness of the shuffle?

Shuffling a previously fairly shuffled array should be as fair as shuffling the original. Right?

What makes it unfair is the my $r = rand ($j);. It slightly favours anything preceding $animal in the array to shuffle.

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Re^8: Array problem by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 29, 2008 at 01:09 UTC
What makes it unfair is the my $r = rand ($j); That's what I meant by "re-pick". Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^8: Array problem
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 29, 2008 at 01:09 UTC

What makes it unfair is the my $r = rand ($j);

That's what I meant by "re-pick".

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.