The inside-out Fisher-Yates shuffling algorithm looks like this:
outputlength = 0 while there are input elements: r := random number between 0 and outputlength inclusive if r <> outputlength: output[outputlength] := output[r] output[r] := next input element outputlength := outputlength + 1
Here's an animation that shows it in action:
For artistic purposes, the animation shows how the "pushed" element goes to the end of the array after the position where it was originally is replaced by the incoming element. In the algorithm, that step actually precedes the replacement.
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