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Re: shuffle or randomize XML

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:04:23 GMT

Thank you.

Here is randomizing XMLList, if someone should be looking for that.

myXMLList = XMLListShuffle(myXMLList);

function XMLListShuffle(sourceList:XMLList):XMLList {

var randomized:XMLList = new XMLList();

while(sourceList.length())

{

var r:int = Math.floor(Math.random() * sourceList.length());

randomized += sourceList[r];

delete sourceList[r];

}

return randomized;

}

shuffle or randomize XML

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:54:05 GMT

I've searched this forum for a quick way to shuffle nodes in XML. I found this function on shuffling arrays (http://www.ultrashock.com/forum/viewthread/123580/) and I modified it for xml:

function shuffleMe(xml:XML):XML
{
var len:uint = xml.children().length();
for (var i:uint=0; i < len; i++)
{
      var rand:uint = Math.floor(Math.random() * len);
      //swap current index with a random one
      var temp:* = xml.children()[i];
      xml.children()[i] = xml.children()[rand];
      xml.children()[rand] = temp;
}

return xml
}

Hope this helps someone...