Re: scrambling keyboard keys

Q&D first thought

Create a PF with 2 fields,
Field1=keyboard character
Field2=a generated random number

populate the file with 1 record for each character and a random # for Field2

sort the file by random # and use in that order to copy to array
go thru the file and re-gen random # and resort, reuse, repeat as needed






On 4/20/07, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

scrambling keyboard keys.

We're thinking of a simple phrase obscuring process. The need is for
obscurity but not for a full blown security process. xlate seems to
round trip for us just fine, so this is probably the route we will follow.

What I would like to do is find a simple way to scramble the letters and
symbols so all are used once and only once. I can do it manually of
course but I am wondering if anyone has a suggestion on how to scramble
the keyset randomly? (I'd like to do it 20 times or so, and fill an
array with the assembled mixed sets.)

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