# How to load images using an arrayList?

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**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-load-images-using-an-arraylist/15263 "2019-11-05T19:34:30Z")\
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> [@B\_s](#):
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> I only understand how I could use an ArrayList to solve this with a list of numbers.

Use the 2nd **shuffle()** version from the link below: 👼

> [@Repeating and randomizing string arrays](https://discourse.processing.org/t/repeating-and-randomizing-string-arrays/10811/6):
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> The shuffle() function from the 1st link I’ve posted is for arrays of datatype int only: @SafeVarargs final int[] shuffle(final int... arr) { if (arr == null) return null; int idx = arr.length; while (idx \> 1) { final int rnd = (int) random(idx--), tmp = arr[idx]; arr[idx] = arr[rnd]; arr[rnd] = tmp; } return arr; } For object-typed arrays, we need to convert it, like this: @SafeVarargs final \<T\> T[] shuffle(final T... arr) { if (arr == null) return null; …

It can shuffle any non-primitive array. 😉

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