Shuffle Python List

Shuffle List in Python

List is an ordered sequence of items. You can shuffle these items using shuffle() function of random module.

shuffle() function takes a sequence and shuffles the order of elements.

Following is the quick code snippet to shuffle a list.

random.shuffle(listA)

Examples

1. Shuffle a given list of numbers

In this example, we take a list of numbers, and shuffle this list using random library.

import random

# Take a list of numbers
listA = [2, 8, 4, 3, 1, 5]

# Shuffle the list
random.shuffle(listA)

print(listA)

Output

When the above program is run, it prints a shuffled list. We have run it many times, to see the order of elements change.

2. Shuffle a given list of strings

In this program, we shall take a list of string and shuffle them.

import random

# Take a list of strings
listA = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']

# Shuffle the list
random.shuffle(listA)

print(listA)

Output

During each run, the list of strings is shuffled.

Summary

In this tutorial of Python Examples, we learned how to shuffle a list, with the help of well detailed examples.