/** * Copyright © 2014 Mattias Andrée (m@maandree.se) * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ package algorithms.shuffling; import java.util.Random; /** * Bias free array shuffling class aiming to imitate naïve shuffling as preformed by humans */ public class HumanShuffle { £>for T in boolean char byte short int long float double Object; do /** * Shuffles an array * * @param array The array to shuffle * @param random The random generator to use */ public static void shuffle(£{T}[] array, Random random) { int n; if ((n = array.length) < 2) return; int min = (int)(random.nextGaussian() * n) >> 1; if (min < 0) min = n - min; else min += n; int k = 0; while ((k++ < min) || (random.nextInt(2) == 0)) { int i = random.nextInt(n); int j = random.nextInt(n); if (i == j) j = (j + 1) % n; £{T} temp = array[i]; array[i] = array[j]; array[j] = temp; } } £>done }