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How to shuffle an array in Java?
Declare a string array and add elements in the form of letters −
String[] letters = { "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U","V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z" };
Convert the above array to list −
List<String>list = Arrays.asList(letters);
Now, create a shuffled array using the Random class object and generate the random letters with nextInt() −
int len = list.size();
System.out.println("Shuffled array...");
for (int i = 0; i < letters.length; i++) {
int index = new Random().nextInt(len);
String shuffle = list.get(index);
System.out.println(shuffle);
}
Example
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
public class Demo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] letters = { "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U","V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z" };
System.out.println("Initial array = "+Arrays.toString(letters));
List<String>list = Arrays.asList(letters);
int len = list.size();
System.out.println("Shuffled array...");
for (int i = 0; i < letters.length; i++) {
int index = new Random().nextInt(len);
String shuffle = list.get(index);
System.out.println(shuffle);
}
}
}
Output
Initial array = [P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z] Shuffled array... P X S X W S V R Y Q R
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