knuth-shuffle-seeded

What is knuth-shuffle-seeded?

The knuth-shuffle-seeded npm package provides a seeded implementation of the Knuth (or Fisher-Yates) shuffle algorithm. This allows for reproducible shuffling of arrays, which can be useful in scenarios where deterministic results are needed, such as in testing or simulations.

What are knuth-shuffle-seeded's main functionalities?

Seeded Shuffle

This feature allows you to shuffle an array in a reproducible manner using a seed. The same seed will always produce the same shuffled array.

const shuffle = require('knuth-shuffle-seeded');
const seed = 'my-seed';
let array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
shuffle(array, seed);
console.log(array);

Other packages similar to knuth-shuffle-seeded

seedrandom

The seedrandom package provides a seeded random number generator. While it does not directly shuffle arrays, it can be used in conjunction with custom shuffle algorithms to achieve similar functionality. It offers more control over random number generation compared to knuth-shuffle-seeded.

shuffle-seed

The shuffle-seed package provides a similar functionality to knuth-shuffle-seeded by allowing arrays to be shuffled in a reproducible manner using a seed. It offers a simple API for shuffling and unshuffling arrays based on a seed.

lodash.shuffle

The lodash.shuffle package is part of the Lodash library and provides a method to shuffle arrays. While it does not support seeding, it is widely used and well-documented, making it a popular choice for general-purpose shuffling.

README

knuth-shuffle-seeded

The Fisher-Yates (aka Knuth) shuffle for Browser and Node.js

Forked from coolaj86/knuth-shuffle.

WIP.

Changelog

0.0.0: 2015-01-19

• Initial release.