How to randomize 4 digits in an array?

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Hi, I've searched through the forums and can't seem to find an open topic about randomizing the numbers in an array.

I have an array with 4 cells and I need to randomize the numbers 0-3 without duplicating any of them.

I'm fairly new to programming, but this seems like something that could be resolved with simple logic..unbeknownst to me.

i.e. - int myArray [4] = {random # 0-3, random # 0-3, random # 0-3, random # 0-3};
...where each number wouldn't duplicate any of the others.

Sorry if that formatting is confusing, and thank you for your help.

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"Shuffle" is the keyword...
https://www.google.com/search?q=shuffle+random+site:arduino.cc%2Fforum

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Thank you for the speedy response, I'll give it a look.

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The shuffling methods in those forum posts are over my head. Is there some simple example code out there?

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// -- see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher-Yates_shuffle

void shuffle (int * t, int n)
  {
  while (--n >= 2)
    {
    // n is now the last pertinent index
    int k = random (n); // 0 <= k <= n - 1
    // Swap
    int temp = t [n];
    t [n] = t [k];
    t [k] = temp;
    } // end of while
 
  }  // end of shuffle

const int NUM = 30;  // how many

void setup ()
{
  int t [NUM];
  
  // populate table
  for (int i = 0; i < NUM; i++)
    t [i] = i;
    
  // shuffle it
  shuffle (t, NUM);
  
  // print table
  Serial.begin (115200);
  for (int i = 0; i < NUM; i++)
    Serial.println (t [i]);
}  // end of setup

void loop () {}
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Thanks Nick, this should get me through it.