Randomize two arrays the same way Swift

Question

I know there is a new shuffle method with iOS 9 but I am wondering if there is anyway to shuffle two arrays the same way?

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Answer 1

Using the shuffle() method from How do I shuffle an array in Swift? and the ideas from How can I sort multiple arrays based on the sorted order of another array you can shuffle the array indices and then re-order both (or more) arrays accordingly:

let a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
let b = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

var shuffled_indices = a.indices.shuffle()

let shuffled_a = Array(PermutationGenerator(elements: a, indices: shuffled_indices))
let shuffled_b = Array(PermutationGenerator(elements: b, indices: shuffled_indices))

print(shuffled_a) // [3, 1, 2, 4]
print(shuffled_b) // ["c", "a", "b", "d"]

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Update for Swift 3 (Xcode 8): PermutationGenerator does not exist in Swift 3 anymore. Using the shuffled() method from Shuffle array swift 3 the same can be achieved with

var shuffled_indices = a.indices.shuffled()

let shuffled_a = shuffled_indices.map { a[$0] }
let shuffled_b = shuffled_indices.map { b[$0] }