Generate a random permutation of the elements of a list.
rnd_permu xs = diff_select' (length xs) xs
Uses the solution for the previous problem. Choosing N distinct elements from a list of length N will yield a permutation.
Or we can generate the permutation recursively:
import System.Random (randomRIO) rnd_permu :: [a] -> IO [a] rnd_permu  = return  rnd_permu (x:xs) = do rand <- randomRIO (0, (length xs)) rest <- rnd_permu xs return $ let (ys,zs) = splitAt rand rest in ys++(x:zs) rnd_permu'  = return  rnd_permu' xs = do rand <- randomRIO (0, (length xs)-1) rest <- let (ys,(_:zs)) = splitAt rand xs in rnd_permu' $ ys ++ zs return $ (xs!!rand):rest
import System.Random (getStdGen, randomRIO) import Data.List (permutations) rndElem :: [a] -> IO a rndElem xs = do index <- randomRIO (0, length xs - 1) return $ xs !! index rndPermutation :: [a] -> IO [a] rndPermutation xs = rndElem . permutations $ xs
WARNING: this may choke long lists