Charles Vaughan

So I'm trying to split a list of 8 numbers into x amount of other lists randomly. They obvs dont have to be even in numbers but I need it totally random and I need to be able to adjust the x amount of lists on a seperate input. The max of x is 6 so I shouldn't need more than 6 outlets, I've been trying to do it in javascript but I can't get my head around doing it randomly but also evenly....

So far I quickly made this, but this doesn't split it evenly and I realised it wouldn't work before coding the output. the userAmnt is the x variable, the list is the noteArray[] and I've made a little random function in there already

inlets = 2;
outlets = 8;

function random(l,h) {
    var p = Math.floor(Math.random() * (h-l+1)+1);  //A function for easily picking random values
    return p;
}

var userAmnt;
var noteArray = [];
var outlet = [];


function userAmnt(x) {
    userAmnt = x;
    userAmnt = userAmnt-1;
    
    for(i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
        outlet[i] = new Array(8)
    }
}

function list() {
    noteArray = arrayfromargs(arguements);
}

function split() {
    for(i = 0; i < userAmnt; i++) {
        var r = random(0, userAmnt)
        outlet[r][i]=noteArray[i]
    }
}

So far I quickly made this, but this doesn't split it evenly and I realised it wouldn't work before coding the output.  the userAmnt is the x variable, the list is the noteArray[] and I've made a little random function in there already

inlets = 2;
outlets = 8;

function random(l,h) {
	var p = Math.floor(Math.random() * (h-l+1)+1);  //A function for easily picking random values
	return p;
}

var userAmnt;
var noteArray = [];
var outlet = [];


function userAmnt(x) {
	userAmnt = x;
	userAmnt = userAmnt-1;
	
	for(i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
		outlet[i] = new Array(8)
	}
}

function list() {
	noteArray = arrayfromargs(arguements);
}

function split() {
	for(i = 0; i < userAmnt; i++) {
		var r = random(0, userAmnt)
		outlet[r][i]=noteArray[i]
	}
}

Hi,
So I'm trying to split a list of 8 numbers into x amount of other lists randomly. They obvs dont have to be even in numbers but I need i

splitting-a-list-randomly

can't test right now but something like this should work, might be an off by 1 error in there somewhere...

inlets = 2;
outlets = 8;

function random(l) {
    var p = Math.floor(Math.random() * (l));
    return p;
}

function getRandomItem(){
    if(noteArray.length > 0){
        return noteArray.splice(random(noteArray.length-1),1); //get an item randomly
    }
}

var outs = 6; //amount of arrays you want out
var userAmnt;
var noteArray = [];
var outArrays = [];
function userAmnt() {
    userAmnt = arguments[0]-1;
}

function list() {
    noteArray = arrayfromargs(arguements);
}

function split() {
    var minimum = 0; //the least amount of items to have in each array
    var items_to_split = noteArray.length - (minimum*outs);

    for (var i = 0; i < outs; i++){

        for (var m = 0; m < minimum; m++){ //get minimum amount of elements
            outArrays[i] = getRandomItem();
        }

        if (items_to_split > 0){
            for (var s = 0; s > random(items_to_split); s++){
                items_to_split--;
                outArrays[i] = getRandomItem();
            }
        }
    }
}

 can't test right now but something like this should work, might be an off by 1 error in there somewhere...

inlets = 2;
outlets = 8;

function random(l) {
	var p = Math.floor(Math.random() * (l));
	return p;
}

function getRandomItem(){
	if(noteArray.length > 0){
		return noteArray.splice(random(noteArray.length-1),1); //get an item randomly
	}
}

var outs = 6; //amount of arrays you want out
var userAmnt;
var noteArray = [];
var outArrays = [];
function userAmnt() {
	userAmnt = arguments[0]-1;
}

function list() {
	noteArray = arrayfromargs(arguements);
}

function split() {
	var minimum = 0; //the least amount of items to have in each array
	var items_to_split = noteArray.length - (minimum*outs);

	for (var i = 0; i < outs; i++){

		for (var m = 0; m < minimum; m++){ //get minimum amount of elements
			outArrays[i] = getRandomItem();
		}

		if (items_to_split > 0){
			for (var s = 0; s > random(items_to_split); s++){
				items_to_split--;
				outArrays[i] = getRandomItem();
			}
		}
	}
}

Splitting a list randomly