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Python Number shuffle() Function


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Description:

This function randomizes the items of a list in place.

Syntax:

shuffle (lst )

Note: This function is not accessible directly so we need to import shuffle module and then we need to call this function using random static object.

Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

  • lst: This could be a list or touple

Return Value:

Reshuffled list.

Example:

#!/usr/bin/python
import random

list = [20, 16, 10, 5];
random.shuffle(list)
print "Reshuffled list : ",  list

random.shuffle(list)
print "Reshuffled list : ",  list

This will produce following result:

Reshuffled list :  [16, 5, 10, 20]
Reshuffled list :  [16, 5, 20, 10]


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