title: $:/plugins/mklauber/shuffle/readme
caption: Shuffle Operator
|!purpose|Randomize the order of the input list|
|!input|a selection of titles|
|!parameter|a random string to be used to create consistent random ordering|
|!output|The input titles, rearranged in a random order|
This plugin implements a new filter operator called Shuffle. This operator takes the input list and randomizes the order of the list. If no parameter is provided, the list order is random every time.
!!!Example:
```
<$list filter="1 2 3 4 5 +[shuffle[]]">
</$list>
```
<$button popup="$:/state/shuffle/reveal1">Run Demo</$button>
<$reveal type="popup" state="$:/state/shuffle/reveal1">
<div class="tc-drop-down">
<$list filter="1 2 3 4 5 +[shuffle[]]">
</$list>
</div>
</$reveal>
Combining this operator with the first operator allows you to choose 1 or more titles randomly from a list.
!!!Example:
```
<$list filter="1 2 3 4 5 +[shuffle[]first[2]]">
</$list>
```
<$button popup="$:/state/shuffle/reveal2">Run Demo</$button>
<$reveal type="popup" state="$:/state/shuffle/reveal2">
<div class="tc-drop-down">
<$list filter="1 2 3 4 5 +[shuffle[]first[2]]">
</$list>
</div>
</$reveal>
If a parameter is provided the list will be ordered identically every time it is rendered. This can be useful in conjunction a button that updates a state tiddler. Set the parameter of this operator to reference that state tiddler, and create a button that updates that tiddler, and now the ordering of the random operators only changes when the button is pressed.
!!!Example:
```
<$button>
<$action-setfield $tiddler="$:/temp/shuffle/example" $field="state" $value=<<now "0hh:0mm:0ss">>/>
Change Order
</$button>
<$list filter="1 2 3 4 5 +[shuffle{$:/temp/shuffle/example!!state}]">
</$list>
```
<$button>
<$action-setfield $tiddler="$:/temp/shuffle/example" $field="state" $value=<<now "0hh:0mm:0ss">>/>
Update
</$button>
<$list filter="1 2 3 4 5 +[shuffle{$:/temp/shuffle/example!!state}]">
</$list>