38.20 SHUFFLE Procedure

This procedure randomly re-orders the values of the input table.

Syntax

SHUFFLE (
      p_table  IN OUT NOCOPY apex_t_varchar2 );

Parameters

Table 38-22 SHUFFLE Procedure Parameters

Parameters	Description
p_table	The input table, which will be modified by the procedure.

Example

Shuffle and print l_table.

declare
    l_table apex_t_varchar2 := apex_string.split('1234567890',null);
begin
    apex_string.shuffle(l_table);
    sys.dbms_output.put_line(apex_string.join(l_table,':'));
end;
-> a permutation of 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8:9:0