Unsorting(randomizing) a sequence

[Magnus L. Hetland]

Skip Montanaro <skip at mojam.com> writes:

>     Ole> I've been writing an algorithm myself, but it's incredibly slow and
>     Ole> I would like something quicker (of course :) )

result = []
for i in range(len(l)):
    element = random.choice(list)
    l.remove(element)
    result.append(element)

Probably not that quick, but...

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