[Tutor] seed & random !?

[Rick Pasotto]

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 03:45:52AM -0700, necati kaya wrote:
> Thank you for your suggestion, but it is half of what
> I need: 
> I want to create random lists that have the same
> elements as a given list, but not in the same order
> with original and also with previous generated lists.

The additional restrictions mean you are not really looking for
*random* lists. Truly random lists might very well match previous
lists.

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