How can I return a sequence of random numbers which dont repeat at all?
Q
How can I return a sequence of random numbers which dont repeat at all?
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A
What you're looking for is often called a ``random permutation'' or ``shuffle.'' One way is to initialize an array with the values to be shuffled, then randomly interchange each of the cells with another one later in the array:
int a[10], i, nvalues = 10;
for(i = 0; i < nvalues; i++)
a[i] = i + 1;
for(i = 0; i < nvalues-1; i++) {
int c = randrange(nvalues-i);
int t = a[i]; a[i] = a[i+c]; a[i+c] = t; /* swap */
}
where randrange(N) is rand() / (RAND_MAX/(N) + 1)
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