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Re: What's the most efficent way to randomize a Queue?

 
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Nov 12th, 2008
The simplest way would be to use the Collections#shuffle(List<?> list) method which delivers decent performance and output.

If you have an assignment to create such a shuffling algorithm, then look at the source code of the Collections class for hints.
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