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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: [PATCH] playlist and id3 fixesRE: [PATCH] playlist and id3 fixes
From: Jeff Waltzer <jeffwaltzer_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 07:56:51 -0700 (PDT) Did a little research with Google and found this link: http://softwaredev.earthweb.com/sdtech/article/0,,12065_616221_2,00.html It recommends using (quoting from article) > for (i is 1 to 3) > Swap i with random position between i and 3 Instead of > for (i is 1 to n) > Swap i with random position between 1 and n (The change is the range starts with 'i' not '1') But then when all is said and done it probably doesn't make that much of a difference. --- "Nielsen Linus (ext)" <Linus.Nielsen_at_elema.siemens.se> wrote: > > playlist: > > - The shuffle algorithm wasn't quite correct > > What was wrong about it? > > The current version runs through the list, swapping the song at the > 'count' > position with a random candidate from the entire list of files. > > Your version takes a random candidate from the list of remaining files. > Why > is that better? > > /Linus ===== ____________________________________________________________ The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy. -- Borges, "The Theologians" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com Received on 2002-07-22 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |