Beginner Question

[Kevin Reeder]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:45:04 -0800, Lee Harr wrote:

> Well... it is not just the last line, but I think the best way would be:
> 
> import random
> def shuffle(self):
>     random.shuffle(self.cards)

This one failed to work with the exception: Attribute error: shuffle.
Probably something I'm not seeing.

> 
> 
> How about this:
> 
> def shuffle(self):
>     import random
>     nCards = len(self.cards)
>     for i in range(nCards):
>         j = random.randrange(i, nCards)
>         self.cards.insert(i, self.cards.pop(j))

This solution worked great. Is insert a list method?

Kevin