'array or string to work with')
end
- string_given = false
-
result = value.clone
- if value.is_a?(String)
- result = result.split('')
- string_given = true
- end
-
- elements = result.size
+ string_type = value.is_a?(String) ? true : false
- return [] if result.size == 0
+ # Check whether it makes sense to shuffle ...
return result if result.size <= 1
+ # We turn any string value into an array to be able to shuffle ...
+ result = string_type ? result.split('') : result
+
+ elements = result.size
+
# Simple implementation of Fisher–Yates in-place shuffle ...
elements.times do |i|
j = rand(elements - i) + i
result[j], result[i] = result[i], result[j]
end
- result = string_given ? result.join : result
+ result = string_type ? result.join : result
return result
end