randomly order a list

Dar Scott dsc at swcp.com
Wed May 22 18:53:48 EDT 2013


On May 22, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Jacques Hausser wrote:

> I think that you cannot sort by random(999999) because the argument of the sort (the sortkey as it is called in the dictionary) must by something like "item 2 of each" and not a number out from a random generator. 

I'll have to run tests to refresh my memory but I think the sort expression MAY use 'each' but is not required to.  It can even use it more than once.  

I have passed each to a function I wrote in the past.  I think.  

Dar





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