RosettaCodeData/Task/Knuth-shuffle/AppleScript/knuth-shuffle-3.applescript

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AppleScript

-- Fisher-Yates (aka Durstenfeld, aka Knuth) shuffle.
on shuffle(theList, l, r)
set listLength to (count theList)
if (listLength < 2) then return array
if (l < 0) then set l to listLength + l + 1
if (r < 0) then set r to listLength + r + 1
if (l > r) then set {l, r} to {r, l}
script o
property lst : theList
end script
repeat with i from l to (r - 1)
set j to (random number from i to r)
set v to o's lst's item i
set o's lst's item i to o's lst's item j
set o's lst's item j to v
end repeat
return theList
end shuffle
local array
set array to {"Alpha", "Bravo", "Charlie", "Delta", "Echo", "Foxtrot", "Golf", "Hotel", "India", "Juliett", "Kilo", "Lima", "Mike"}
-- Shuffle all items (1 thru -1).
shuffle(array, 1, -1)