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xt_shuffle(3)		   Library Functions Manual		 xt_shuffle(3)

LIBRARY
       #include	<xtend/stdlib.h>
       -lxtend

SYNOPSIS
       void    xt_shuffle(void *base, size_t nelem, size_t size)

ARGUMENTS
       base    Base address of the array (address of the first element)
       nelem   Number of elements in the array
       size    Size of one element

DESCRIPTION
       Shuffle	an  array  of objects using the	Fisher-Yates method, which en-
       sures equal probability of all arrangements.

EXAMPLES
       type_t  *list;
       size_t  list_size = 100;

       if ( (list = xt_malloc(list_size, sizeof(*list))) == NULL)
       {
	   fprintf(stderr, "xt_malloc()	failed.n");
	   exit(EX_UNAVAILABLE);
       }
       xt_shuffle(list,	list_size, sizeof(*list));

SEE ALSO
       qsort(3), heapsort(3), mergesort(3)

								 xt_shuffle(3)

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