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What is Fisher–Yates shuffle?

The Fisher–Yates shuffle produces an unbiased random permutation of a sequence by walking it from the end and swapping each element with a randomly chosen earlier one. Each permutation is equally likely.

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Text Tools2

List Randomizer & ShufflerShuffle a list into random order — for draws, pairings, running orders and sampling.Text ShufflerRandomly reorder lines, words, sentences or characters, with a seed for repeatable results.

Randomisers & Games2

Random Picker & Team GeneratorPick winners from a list, or split names into balanced random teams.Random Team GeneratorSplit a list of people into balanced random teams, by team count or team size.

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