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[smasher]

To the original posters from last year: random() always returns the same set of numbers if you don't seed it. arc4random() is easier to use; it seeds itself on the first call. Just use arc4random()%10 to get a number from 0 to 9 inclusive.

mooman576: Do you have your numbers in some sort of NSarray? Then you can shuffle them by sorting the array, but using a sort function that returns random results. Like this:

NSArray *sortedArray;
sortedArray = [anArray sortedArrayUsingFunction:shuffleSort context:NULL];

The shuffleSort function would look like this:

//this function gets called by sortedArrayUsingFunction: 
//when sorting the array
NSInteger shuffleSort(id num1, id num2, void *context){

   int result = arc4random()%3; // pick a number 0,1,2

   if (result==0)
      return NSOrderedAscending;
   if (result==1)
      return NSOrderedDescending

   return NSOrderedSame;
}