50 random unique elements from an array of 1000 elemens?

Question

What is the simplest way to get 50 random unique elements from an array of 1000 elements ?

text = new Array();
for(i=0;i<1000;i++){ text[i]=i; }   //array         


        

Answer 1

The obvious (to me) way is to shuffle the array, then take the first fifty elements. This question has a good way to shuffle an array, and you can then slice the first fifty elements. This guarantees the elements will be unique.

So, using the function there:

fisherYates(text);
text = text.slice(0, 50);