/** shuffle.cpp --- Shuffle lines in a file * * Copyright (C) 2007 Aaron S. Hawley <aaronh@localhost> * * Author: Aaron S. Hawley * Keywords: random, games * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * $Id: shuffle.cpp,v 1.3 2007/09/17 17:41:30 aaronh Exp $ * * Commentary: * * This C++ program will shuffle the lines in a file randomly. * * Based on shuffle.awk by the same author. * * Examples: * * $ seq 1 7 | ./shuffle * 4 * 1 * 6 * 2 * 5 * 3 * 7 * * $ ./shuffle < INFILE > OUTFILE * * Code: */ #include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <string> #include <math.h> using namespace std; main () { vector<string> lines; string line; // Read lines into a vector. while (getline(cin, line)) { lines.push_back(line); } // Seed random number generator with current time. srand48(time(NULL)); // for i from 1 .. n for (vector<string>::iterator i = lines.begin(); i < lines.end(); i++) { // Generate random number between [1, n - i] long int random_n = floor(drand48() * (lines.end() - i)); // Pick random line between [i, n] vector<string>::iterator random_line = i + random_n; // Print random line. cout << *random_line << endl; // Delete randomly picked line by overwriting it with line i. *random_line = *i; // line[random] = line[i] } }