shuffle matrix element in matlab

Question

I have a martix and want to shuffle element of it .

x=[1 2 5 4 6 ]

after shuffle(something like this)

x=[2 4 6 5 1]    
         


        

Answer 1

1. obtain shuffled indices using randperm

   idx = randperm(length(x));
   

2. use indices to obtain shuffled vector

   xperm = x(idx);