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Shuffle an Array

Problem statement

Given an integer array nums, design an algorithm to randomly shuffle the array. All permutations of the array should be equally likely as a result of the shuffling.

Implement the Solution class:

  • Solution(int[] nums) Initializes the object with the integer array nums.
  • int[] reset() Resets the array to its original configuration and returns it.
  • int[] shuffle() Returns a random shuffling of the array.

Example 1:

Input["Solution", "shuffle", "reset", "shuffle"][[[1, 2, 3]], [], [], []]Output[null, [3, 1, 2], [1, 2, 3], [1, 3, 2]]ExplanationSolution solution = new Solution([1, 2, 3]);solution.shuffle();    // Shuffle the array [1,2,3] and return its result.                       // Any permutation of [1,2,3] must be equally likely to be returned.                       // Example: return [3, 1, 2]solution.reset();      // Resets the array back to its original configuration [1,2,3]. Return [1, 2, 3]solution.shuffle();    // Returns the random shuffling of array [1,2,3]. Example: return [1, 3, 2]

Constraints:

  • 1 <= nums.length <= 200
  • -106 <= nums[i] <= 106
  • All the elements of nums are unique.
  • At most 5 * 104 calls in total will be made to reset and shuffle.

My solution

/**
* @param {number[]} nums
*/
var Solution = function(nums) {
this.nums = [...nums]
this._original = [...nums]
};

/**
* Resets the array to its original configuration and return it.
* @return {number[]}
*/
Solution.prototype.reset = function() {
this.nums = [...this._original]
return this.nums;
};

/**
* Returns a random shuffling of the array.
* @return {number[]}
*/
Solution.prototype.shuffle = function() {
const currentArr = [...this.nums];
for (let i = 0, j = currentArr.length; i < currentArr.length, i < j; i++) {
const idx = Math.floor(Math.random() * j)
// console.log(idx)
const tmp = currentArr[idx];
currentArr[idx] = currentArr[i]
currentArr[i] = tmp;
// [currentArr[idx], currentArr[i]] = [currentArr[i], currentArr[idx]]
}

this.nums = [...currentArr]
return this.nums;
};

/**
* Your Solution object will be instantiated and called as such:
* var obj = new Solution(nums)
* var param_1 = obj.reset()
* var param_2 = obj.shuffle()
*/