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NAME
randperm - randomly permute a list or matrix
SYNOPSIS
randperm(x)
TYPES
x list or matrix
return same as x
DESCRIPTION
For a list or matrix x, randperm(x) returns a copy of x in which
the elements have been randomly permuted. The value of x is not
changed.
EXAMPLE
> A = list(1,2,2,3,4)
> randperm(A)
list (5 elements, 5 nonzero):
[[0]] = 4
[[1]] = 1
[[2]] = 2
[[3]] = 3
[[4]] = 2
> randperm(A)
list (5 elements, 5 nonzero):
[[0]] = 2
[[1]] = 1
[[2]] = 4
[[3]] = 2
[[4]] = 3
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
none
SEE ALSO
XXX - fill in
## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
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