/*
Shuffle elements of Java ArrayList example
This java example shows how to shuffle elements of Java ArrayList object using
shuffle method of Collections class.
*/
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
public class ShuffleElementsOfArrayListExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create an ArrayList object
ArrayList arrayList = new ArrayList();
//Add elements to Arraylist
arrayList.add("A");
arrayList.add("B");
arrayList.add("C");
arrayList.add("D");
arrayList.add("E");
System.out.println("Before shuffling, ArrayList contains : " + arrayList);
/*
To shuffle elements of Java ArrayList use,
static void shuffle(List list) method of Collections class.
*/
Collections.shuffle(arrayList);
System.out.println("After shuffling, ArrayList contains : " + arrayList);
}
}
/*
Output would be
Before shuffling, ArrayList contains : [A, B, C, D, E]
After shuffling, ArrayList contains : [C, A, D, E, B]
*/
