Yes shuffle is better - a penchant for gambling instead of a taste of eggs ;-)
Jacques Le 23 mai 2013 à 10:24, Dick Kriesel <dick.krie...@mail.com> a écrit : > > On May 23, 2013, at 12:41 AM, Jacques Hausser <jacques.haus...@unil.ch> wrote: > >> and something like >> >> "scramble lines of myVar", instead of "sort lines of myVar random(xxx)". >> Could be a command using the same function behind the scene, with the max >> integer as parameter to avoid prevalence of "the first" in the case of >> repetitions. And it is semantically clearer than "sort random". > > > Good idea, Jacques. How about this? > > command shuffle @rLines > sort rLines by random( 4294967295 ) -- note: 2^32-1 > end shuffle > > -- Dick > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ****************************************** Prof. Jacques Hausser Department of Ecology and Evolution Biophore / Sorge University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne please use my private address: 6 route de Burtigny CH-1269 Bassins tel: ++ 41 22 366 19 40 mobile: ++ 41 79 757 05 24 E-Mail: jacques.haus...@unil.ch ******************************************* _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
