Re: scrambling keyboard keys

["Mark Allen" <scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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