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+'''
+The Fisher–Yates shuffle is an algorithm for generating a random permutation of a finite sequence.
+For more details visit
+wikipedia/Fischer-Yates-Shuffle.
+'''
+import random
+
+def FYshuffle(LIST):
+    for i in range(len(LIST)):
+        a = random.randint(0, len(LIST)-1)
+        b = random.randint(0, len(LIST)-1)
+        LIST[a], LIST[b] = LIST[b], LIST[a]
+    return LIST
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    integers = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
+    strings = ['python', 'says', 'hello', '!']
+    print ('Fisher-Yates Shuffle:')
+    print ('List',integers, strings)
+    print ('FY Shuffle',FYshuffle(integers), FYshuffle(strings))