b.shuffle()

[trych]

I think a b.shuffle() function would be useful, that could shuffle both collections or simple arrays. I remember in my first basil.js project I needed a lot of shuffling of collections and my classmates were in the same situation. I ended up using a Fisher-Yates shuffle, but as I was a bloody beginner I had a lot of trouble implementing it.

So it would be nice to have a simple b.shuffle({collection|array}) method.

Any thoughts?

Please flag as feature request.

[ff6347]

@b-g @ffd8 any thoughts on this?

[b-g]

I personally don't need this. Feels not very basil related but rather a js array feature. I would rather point people to use underscore.js ... for such things. But I won't veto if the rest is very keen on it.

[trych]

If there were a standard js function for shuffling an array, then we wouldn't need it. But it is a bit more involved to do a proper shuffle, so I think it would be helpful. In the context how basil is used at our school the need to shuffle stuff came up a few times.

Btw., just checked and p5.js has a whole bunch of array functions, including shuffle().