Lodash _.shuffle() Method

Lodash _.shuffle() method creates an array of shuffled values from the given collection using a version of the Fisher-Yates shuffle algorithm.

Syntax:

_.shuffle(collection);

Parameters:

• collection: This parameter holds the collection to shuffle.

Return Value:

This method is used to return the new shuffled array.

Example 1: In this example, we are shuffling an array by the use of the _.shuffle() method.

javascript

// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");

// Original array
let array = [2, 4, 6, 9, 10];

// Use of _.shuffle() method
let shuffled_array = _.shuffle(array);

// Printing the output
console.log(shuffled_array);

Output:

[ 10, 9, 4, 2, 6 ]

Example 2: In this example, we are shuffling an array by the use of the _.shuffle() method.

javascript

// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");

// Original array
let array = ['mon', 'tue',
    'wed', 'thu', 'fri', 'sat', 'sun'];

// Use of _.shuffle() method
let shuffled_array = _.shuffle(array);

// Printing the output
console.log(shuffled_array);

Output:

[ 'sat', 'wed', 'fri', 'sun', 'thu', 'mon',  'tue']