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shuffle.js

/**
* Randomly shuffle an array
* https://stackoverflow.com/a/2450976/1293256
* @param {Array} array The array to shuffle
* @return {Array} The shuffled array
*/
function shuffle (array) {

let currentIndex = array.length;
let temporaryValue, randomIndex;

// While there remain elements to shuffle...
while (0 !== currentIndex) {
// Pick a remaining element...
randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * currentIndex);
currentIndex -= 1;

// And swap it with the current element.
temporaryValue = array[currentIndex];
array[currentIndex] = array[randomIndex];
array[randomIndex] = temporaryValue;
}

return array;

}