import edu.princeton.cs.introcs.StdIn; import edu.princeton.cs.introcs.StdOut; import edu.princeton.cs.introcs.StdRandom; /************************************************************************* * Compilation: javac Knuth.java * Execution: java Knuth < list.txt * Dependencies: StdIn.java StdOut.java * Data files: http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/11model/cards.txt * * Reads in a list of strings and prints them in random order. * The Knuth (or Fisher-Yates) shuffling algorithm guarantees * to rearrange the elements in uniformly random order, under * the assumption that Math.random() generates independent and * uniformly distributed numbers between 0 and 1. * * % more cards.txt * 2C 3C 4C 5C 6C 7C 8C 9C 10C JC QC KC AC * 2D 3D 4D 5D 6D 7D 8D 9D 10D JD QD KD AD * 2H 3H 4H 5H 6H 7H 8H 9H 10H JH QH KH AH * 2S 3S 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S 10S JS QS KS AS * * % java Knuth < cards.txt * 6H * 9C * 8H * 7C * JS * ... * KH * *************************************************************************/ /** * The Knuth class provides a client for reading in a * sequence of strings and shuffling them using the Knuth (or Fisher-Yates) * shuffling algorithm. This algorithm guarantees to rearrange the * elements in uniformly random order, under * the assumption that Math.random() generates independent and * uniformly distributed numbers between 0 and 1. * * For additional documentation, see Section 1.1 of * Algorithms, 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne. * * @author Robert Sedgewick * @author Kevin Wayne */ public class Knuth { // this class should not be instantiated private Knuth() { } /** * Rearranges an array of objects in uniformly random order * (under the assumption that Math.random() generates independent * and uniformly distributed numbers between 0 and 1). * @param a the array to be shuffled * @see StdRandom */ public static void shuffle(Object[] a) { int N = a.length; for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) { // choose index uniformly in [i, N-1] int r = i + (int) (Math.random() * (N - i)); Object swap = a[r]; a[r] = a[i]; a[i] = swap; } } /** * Reads in a sequence of strings from standard input, shuffles * them, and prints out the results. */ public static void main(String[] args) { // read in the data String[] a = StdIn.readAllStrings(); // shuffle the array Knuth.shuffle(a); // print results. for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) StdOut.println(a[i]); } }