Shuffle Lines
Shuffle lines; optional numeric seed for repeatable order.
Fisher–Yates shuffle. Leave seed blank for random; set a number to repeat.
What Shuffle Lines does
Fisher–Yates shuffle. Leave seed blank for random; set a number to repeat.
This URL is only for Shuffle Lines (shuffle lines). Shuffle lines; optional numeric seed for repeatable order. Other Text tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Shuffle Lines alone: Fisher–Yates shuffle. Leave seed blank for random; set a number to repeat.
How to use Shuffle Lines
- Keep this tab on Shuffle Lines (/shuffle-lines). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Sort Lines) changes the job.
- Paste or type the input Shuffle Lines expects. Path hint: shuffle lines. Shuffle lines; optional numeric seed for repeatable order.
- Apply the Shuffle Lines action only. Reverse Lines is a different transform (Flip the order of lines, not the letters.). Fisher–Yates shuffle. Leave seed blank for random; set a number to repeat.
- Copy the output of Shuffle Lines if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Optional mulberry32 seed. Max size per text limits.
- If the text job is actually Sort lines A–Z, Z–A, or as numbers., leave Shuffle Lines and open Sort Lines.
When not to use Shuffle Lines
Skip Shuffle Lines when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Sort Lines or Reverse Lines — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Fisher–Yates shuffle. Leave seed blank for random; set a number to repeat.
Questions about Shuffle Lines
- What does Shuffle Lines do that other Text pages on this site do not?
- Fisher–Yates shuffle. Leave seed blank for random; set a number to repeat. Short version: Shuffle lines; optional numeric seed for repeatable order.
- Does Shuffle Lines upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
- No. Shuffle Lines runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Optional mulberry32 seed. Max size per text limits.
- Should I use Sort Lines instead of Shuffle Lines?
- Use Shuffle Lines when you need Shuffle lines; optional numeric seed for repeatable order. Use Sort Lines when you need Sort lines A–Z, Z–A, or as numbers. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
- What are the limits of Shuffle Lines?
- Optional mulberry32 seed. Max size per text limits. Also: Fisher–Yates shuffle. Leave seed blank for random; set a number to repeat.