Re: [Boost-users] Does boost offer a random permutation function?

From: Jeffrey Holle (jeffreyholle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-09 16:42:12

Thanks for this!
After testing the 3 parameter variant of random_shuffle, with the 
appropriate seed, I see that it do the job.

Scott McMurray wrote:
> On 08/07/07, Jeffrey Holle <jeffreyholle_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I am looking for a function that randomly selects a permutation of a
>> sequence.  For instance given "1,2,3", it would produce something like
>> "2,1,3" randomly selected from all possible permutations.
>>
> Would std::random_shuffle do the job?
> 
> http://www.roguewave.com/support/docs/sourcepro/edition9-update1/html/stdlibref/random-shuffle.html