How can I shuffle lines in a text file using Python?

 You can use Python to shuffle the lines in a text file by doing the following:

  1. Read the text file and keep a list of each line.
  2. Using the 'shuffle' function from the 'random' module, shuffle the list.
  3. Return the scrambled lines to the text file.

Here's a sample Python code piece that shows how to accomplish it:

"input.txt" is the name of the text file that you wish to shuffle in this code. The "readlines" method reads each line from the file and saves it to the lines list. The "shuffle" method from the "random" module is used to shuffle the list at random. Lastly, the "writelines" function is used to return the shuffled lines to the original text file.

It should be noted that this code will alter the original text file. If you wish to retain the original file, make a copy of it and shuffle the lines in the copy instead.







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