!! +var+ +random+ +string+
type:$type_var
alias:randperm, randpermute
mean:Randomly permutes a set of ``n'' elements. ``n'' must be a positive integer \
not greater than
1024 in the first usage
, or is the number of items in ``
list'' in the second\
usage. <br/>\
For the first usage
, the command returns a comma
-separated
list ``i
<sub
>1</sub
>, i
<sub
>2</sub
>, ...,\
i<sub>n</sub>'', where the items ``i<sub>k</sub>'' are\
randomly ordered elements of the set ``{1,2,...,n}''. <br/>\
This command can be used in conjunction with commands\
$(ref1)cmdlist_item_&+cmd_choose=all$(ref2)cmdlist_item_">!item</a>,\
$(ref1)cmdlist_line_&+cmd_choose=all$(ref2)cmdlist_line_">!line</a>,\
$(ref1)cmdlist_word_&+cmd_choose=all$(ref2)cmdlist_word_">!word</a>,\
$(ref1)cmdlist_char_&+cmd_choose=all$(ref2)cmdlist_char_">!char</a>,\
to randomly permute items, lines, words, or characters in a string. <br/>\
For the second usage
, a
new list with randomly permuted items in ``
list'' is returned
. <br
/>\
In any case, the variable ``wims_shuffle_order'' is set to be\
the
list ``i
<sub
>1</sub
>, i
<sub
>2</sub
>, ..., i
<sub
>n
</sub
>''. <br
/>\
When the optional word ``even'' or ``odd'' is present, only even/odd permutations are produced.