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Re:I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019) by Kim_Bruning on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:39AM (#31631378)
So what happens in your code if you just change the line

     j = random(0,51)
to

     j = random(i,51)

?
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Re:I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019) by tzs on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:45AM (#31631431)
That is indeed the simplest fix. It is called the Fisher-Yates shuffle [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Yates_shuffle#T...

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Re:I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019) by Kim_Bruning on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:57AM (#31631526)
Thank you!

I now have a bunch of theory to read through that I hadn't encountered before.

And I also have some more to think about how I assess people's skills too.

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