Text Editing & Formatting

Shuffle Lines

Randomize the order of selected lines.

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Overview

What Shuffle Lines does

Randomize the order of selected lines. It runs locally and handles the selected text without contacting a service.

CategoryText Editing & Formatting
Action typeJavaScript
Default resultReplace selected text by default
InternetNot required

Example

Action and outcome

Shuffle Lines example
ActionOutcome
Shuffle LinesSelected text: one two threeThe same lines in a random order.

Workflow

Use Shuffle Lines

Follow these steps to randomize the order of selected lines with ActionClip.

  1. Select the text you want to use.
  2. Choose Shuffle Lines from ActionClip.
  3. In editable text, ActionClip replaces the selection immediately. In read-only text, it opens the result for review and copying.

Before you add it

Requirements and privacy

  • Before you start: No setup required.
  • Your selected text: Runs locally in ActionClip’s JavaScript sandbox. Selected text does not leave your Mac.

Inspect before installing

Action script

The script below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

JavaScript definition
function run(selected_text) {
  var normalized = selected_text.replace(/\r\n?|\u2028|\u2029|\u0085|\u000B|\u000C/g, "\n");
  var lines = normalized.split("\n");
  for (var index = lines.length - 1; index > 0; index--) {
    var other = Math.floor(Math.random() * (index + 1));
    var temporary = lines[index];
    lines[index] = lines[other];
    lines[other] = temporary;
  }
  return lines.join("\n");
}