shuffle string in python

>>> import random
>>> s=abcdef123
>>> .join(random.sample(s,len(s)))
1f2bde3ac

There is a function shuffle in the random module. Note that it shuffles in-place so you first have to convert your string to a list of characters, shuffle it, then join the result again.

import random
l = list(s)
random.shuffle(l)
result = .join(l)

shuffle string in python

Python Provides the various solutions to shuffle the string:

1. External library: python-string-utils

first install the python-string-utils library
- pip install python_string_utils
use string_utils.shuffle() function to shuffle string
please use the below snippet for it

Code Snippet

import string_utils
print string_utils.shuffle(random_string)

Output:

drorntmi_asng

2. Builtins Method: random.shuffle

Please find the code below to shuffle the string. The code will take the string and convert that string to list. Then shuffle the string contents and will print the string.

import random
str_var = list(shuffle_this_string)
random.shuffle(str_var)
print .join(str_var)

Output:

t_suesnhgslfhitrfi_

3. External Library: Numpy

import numpy
str_var = list(shuffle_this_string)
numpy.random.shuffle(str_var)
print .join(str_var)

Output:

nfehirgsu_slftt_his