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Introduction:



I have loads of different ciphers stored in a document I once compiled as a kid, I picked a few of the ones I thought were best suitable for challenges (not too trivial, and not too hard) and transformed them into challenges. Most of them are still in the sandbox, and I'm not sure yet whether I'll post all of them, or only a few. But here is the first of them to start things of.





A Computer Cipher will encipher the given text into 'random' character groups of a given length. If such a group contains a digit, it will use that digit to index into its own group for the enciphered character. If no digit is present in the group, it means the first character is used.



For example, let's say we want to encipher the text this is a computer cipher with a given length of 5. This is a potential output (note: numbers are 1-indexed in the example below):



t     h     i     s     i     s     a     c     o     m     p     u     t     e     r     c     i     p     h     e     r       (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)
qu5dt hprit k3iqb osyw2 jii2o m5uzs akiwb hwpc4 eoo3j muxer z4lpc 4lsuw 2tsmp eirkr r3rsi b5nvc vid2o dmh5p hrptj oeh2l 4ngrv (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)


Let's take a few groups as examples to explain how to decipher the group:





  • qu5dt: This group contains a digit 5, so the (1-indexed) 5th character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: t.


  • hprit: This group contains no digits, so the first character of this group is used implicitly for the deciphered text: h.


  • osyw2: This groups contains a digit 2, so the (1-indexed) 2nd character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: s.


Challenge:



Given an integer length and string word_to_encipher, output a random enciphered string as described above.



You only have to encipher given the length and word_to_encipher, so no need to create a deciphering program/function as well. I might make a part 2 challenge for the deciphering in the future however.



Challenge rules:




  • You can assume the length will be in the range [3,9].

  • You can assume the word_to_encipher will only contain letters.

  • You can use either full lowercase or full uppercase (please state which one you've used in your answer).

  • Your outputs, every group, and the positions of the digits in a group (if present) should be uniformly random. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present; and it obviously cannot be on the same position as the enciphered character).

  • You are also allowed to use 0-indexed digits instead of 1-indexed. Please state which of the two you've used in your answer.

  • The digit 1 (or 0 when 0-indexed) will never be present in the output. So b1ndh is not a valid group to encipher the character 'b'. However, b4tbw is valid, where the 4 enciphers the b at the 4th (1-indexed) position, and the other characters b,t,w are random (which coincidentally also contains a b). Other possible valid groups of length 5 to encipher the character 'b' are: abcd2, ab2de, babbk, hue5b, etc.


General rules:




  • This is code-golf, so shortest answer in bytes wins.

    Don't let code-golf languages discourage you from posting answers with non-codegolfing languages. Try to come up with an as short as possible answer for 'any' programming language.


  • Standard rules apply for your answer with default I/O rules, so you are allowed to use STDIN/STDOUT, functions/method with the proper parameters and return-type, full programs. Your call.


  • Default Loopholes are forbidden.

  • If possible, please add a link with a test for your code (i.e. TIO).

  • Also, adding an explanation for your answer is highly recommended.


Test cases:



Input:
Length: 5
Word to encipher: thisisacomputercipher
Possible output:
qu5dthpritk3iqbosyw2jii2om5uzsakiwbhwpc4eoo3jmuxerz4lpc4lsuw2tsmpeirkrr3rsib5nvcvid2odmh5phrptjoeh2l4ngrv

Input:
Length: 8
Word to encipher: test
Possible output:
ewetng4o6smptebyo6ontsrbtxten3qk

Input:
Length: 3
Word to encipher: three
Possible output:
tomv3h2rvege3le









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    How does "uniform" mean
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    – l4m2
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    @l4m2 That there is an equal chance for any output. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present, and also not on the same position as the enciphered character).
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    So abcd2, ab2de, babbk all same? Also is b1akk valid?
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    – l4m2
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    @l4m2 Yep, all three are possible outputs enciphering the character 'b'. As for b1akk I'd say no. Will edit it in the challenge description to clarify. If the first character is the enciphered one, no digit should be present.
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    – Kevin Cruijssen
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:48






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    For example, when length = 3, char = "a"; The form "a??" has 676 possible results, but "1a?", "?a1", "2?a", "?2a", has only104 results. So, if I'm trying to chose one result from all these 780 results, the distribution of "position of the enciphered letter" is 13:1:1, not 1:1:1. And I would consider this as how "uniformly random" work.
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Introduction:



I have loads of different ciphers stored in a document I once compiled as a kid, I picked a few of the ones I thought were best suitable for challenges (not too trivial, and not too hard) and transformed them into challenges. Most of them are still in the sandbox, and I'm not sure yet whether I'll post all of them, or only a few. But here is the first of them to start things of.





A Computer Cipher will encipher the given text into 'random' character groups of a given length. If such a group contains a digit, it will use that digit to index into its own group for the enciphered character. If no digit is present in the group, it means the first character is used.



For example, let's say we want to encipher the text this is a computer cipher with a given length of 5. This is a potential output (note: numbers are 1-indexed in the example below):



t     h     i     s     i     s     a     c     o     m     p     u     t     e     r     c     i     p     h     e     r       (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)
qu5dt hprit k3iqb osyw2 jii2o m5uzs akiwb hwpc4 eoo3j muxer z4lpc 4lsuw 2tsmp eirkr r3rsi b5nvc vid2o dmh5p hrptj oeh2l 4ngrv (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)


Let's take a few groups as examples to explain how to decipher the group:





  • qu5dt: This group contains a digit 5, so the (1-indexed) 5th character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: t.


  • hprit: This group contains no digits, so the first character of this group is used implicitly for the deciphered text: h.


  • osyw2: This groups contains a digit 2, so the (1-indexed) 2nd character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: s.


Challenge:



Given an integer length and string word_to_encipher, output a random enciphered string as described above.



You only have to encipher given the length and word_to_encipher, so no need to create a deciphering program/function as well. I might make a part 2 challenge for the deciphering in the future however.



Challenge rules:




  • You can assume the length will be in the range [3,9].

  • You can assume the word_to_encipher will only contain letters.

  • You can use either full lowercase or full uppercase (please state which one you've used in your answer).

  • Your outputs, every group, and the positions of the digits in a group (if present) should be uniformly random. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present; and it obviously cannot be on the same position as the enciphered character).

  • You are also allowed to use 0-indexed digits instead of 1-indexed. Please state which of the two you've used in your answer.

  • The digit 1 (or 0 when 0-indexed) will never be present in the output. So b1ndh is not a valid group to encipher the character 'b'. However, b4tbw is valid, where the 4 enciphers the b at the 4th (1-indexed) position, and the other characters b,t,w are random (which coincidentally also contains a b). Other possible valid groups of length 5 to encipher the character 'b' are: abcd2, ab2de, babbk, hue5b, etc.


General rules:




  • This is code-golf, so shortest answer in bytes wins.

    Don't let code-golf languages discourage you from posting answers with non-codegolfing languages. Try to come up with an as short as possible answer for 'any' programming language.


  • Standard rules apply for your answer with default I/O rules, so you are allowed to use STDIN/STDOUT, functions/method with the proper parameters and return-type, full programs. Your call.


  • Default Loopholes are forbidden.

  • If possible, please add a link with a test for your code (i.e. TIO).

  • Also, adding an explanation for your answer is highly recommended.


Test cases:



Input:
Length: 5
Word to encipher: thisisacomputercipher
Possible output:
qu5dthpritk3iqbosyw2jii2om5uzsakiwbhwpc4eoo3jmuxerz4lpc4lsuw2tsmpeirkrr3rsib5nvcvid2odmh5phrptjoeh2l4ngrv

Input:
Length: 8
Word to encipher: test
Possible output:
ewetng4o6smptebyo6ontsrbtxten3qk

Input:
Length: 3
Word to encipher: three
Possible output:
tomv3h2rvege3le









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    How does "uniform" mean
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    – l4m2
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:32










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    @l4m2 That there is an equal chance for any output. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present, and also not on the same position as the enciphered character).
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    – Kevin Cruijssen
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:34












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    So abcd2, ab2de, babbk all same? Also is b1akk valid?
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    – l4m2
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:43










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    @l4m2 Yep, all three are possible outputs enciphering the character 'b'. As for b1akk I'd say no. Will edit it in the challenge description to clarify. If the first character is the enciphered one, no digit should be present.
    $endgroup$
    – Kevin Cruijssen
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:48






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    For example, when length = 3, char = "a"; The form "a??" has 676 possible results, but "1a?", "?a1", "2?a", "?2a", has only104 results. So, if I'm trying to chose one result from all these 780 results, the distribution of "position of the enciphered letter" is 13:1:1, not 1:1:1. And I would consider this as how "uniformly random" work.
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    – tsh
    Dec 4 '18 at 9:43














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Introduction:



I have loads of different ciphers stored in a document I once compiled as a kid, I picked a few of the ones I thought were best suitable for challenges (not too trivial, and not too hard) and transformed them into challenges. Most of them are still in the sandbox, and I'm not sure yet whether I'll post all of them, or only a few. But here is the first of them to start things of.





A Computer Cipher will encipher the given text into 'random' character groups of a given length. If such a group contains a digit, it will use that digit to index into its own group for the enciphered character. If no digit is present in the group, it means the first character is used.



For example, let's say we want to encipher the text this is a computer cipher with a given length of 5. This is a potential output (note: numbers are 1-indexed in the example below):



t     h     i     s     i     s     a     c     o     m     p     u     t     e     r     c     i     p     h     e     r       (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)
qu5dt hprit k3iqb osyw2 jii2o m5uzs akiwb hwpc4 eoo3j muxer z4lpc 4lsuw 2tsmp eirkr r3rsi b5nvc vid2o dmh5p hrptj oeh2l 4ngrv (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)


Let's take a few groups as examples to explain how to decipher the group:





  • qu5dt: This group contains a digit 5, so the (1-indexed) 5th character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: t.


  • hprit: This group contains no digits, so the first character of this group is used implicitly for the deciphered text: h.


  • osyw2: This groups contains a digit 2, so the (1-indexed) 2nd character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: s.


Challenge:



Given an integer length and string word_to_encipher, output a random enciphered string as described above.



You only have to encipher given the length and word_to_encipher, so no need to create a deciphering program/function as well. I might make a part 2 challenge for the deciphering in the future however.



Challenge rules:




  • You can assume the length will be in the range [3,9].

  • You can assume the word_to_encipher will only contain letters.

  • You can use either full lowercase or full uppercase (please state which one you've used in your answer).

  • Your outputs, every group, and the positions of the digits in a group (if present) should be uniformly random. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present; and it obviously cannot be on the same position as the enciphered character).

  • You are also allowed to use 0-indexed digits instead of 1-indexed. Please state which of the two you've used in your answer.

  • The digit 1 (or 0 when 0-indexed) will never be present in the output. So b1ndh is not a valid group to encipher the character 'b'. However, b4tbw is valid, where the 4 enciphers the b at the 4th (1-indexed) position, and the other characters b,t,w are random (which coincidentally also contains a b). Other possible valid groups of length 5 to encipher the character 'b' are: abcd2, ab2de, babbk, hue5b, etc.


General rules:




  • This is code-golf, so shortest answer in bytes wins.

    Don't let code-golf languages discourage you from posting answers with non-codegolfing languages. Try to come up with an as short as possible answer for 'any' programming language.


  • Standard rules apply for your answer with default I/O rules, so you are allowed to use STDIN/STDOUT, functions/method with the proper parameters and return-type, full programs. Your call.


  • Default Loopholes are forbidden.

  • If possible, please add a link with a test for your code (i.e. TIO).

  • Also, adding an explanation for your answer is highly recommended.


Test cases:



Input:
Length: 5
Word to encipher: thisisacomputercipher
Possible output:
qu5dthpritk3iqbosyw2jii2om5uzsakiwbhwpc4eoo3jmuxerz4lpc4lsuw2tsmpeirkrr3rsib5nvcvid2odmh5phrptjoeh2l4ngrv

Input:
Length: 8
Word to encipher: test
Possible output:
ewetng4o6smptebyo6ontsrbtxten3qk

Input:
Length: 3
Word to encipher: three
Possible output:
tomv3h2rvege3le









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Introduction:



I have loads of different ciphers stored in a document I once compiled as a kid, I picked a few of the ones I thought were best suitable for challenges (not too trivial, and not too hard) and transformed them into challenges. Most of them are still in the sandbox, and I'm not sure yet whether I'll post all of them, or only a few. But here is the first of them to start things of.





A Computer Cipher will encipher the given text into 'random' character groups of a given length. If such a group contains a digit, it will use that digit to index into its own group for the enciphered character. If no digit is present in the group, it means the first character is used.



For example, let's say we want to encipher the text this is a computer cipher with a given length of 5. This is a potential output (note: numbers are 1-indexed in the example below):



t     h     i     s     i     s     a     c     o     m     p     u     t     e     r     c     i     p     h     e     r       (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)
qu5dt hprit k3iqb osyw2 jii2o m5uzs akiwb hwpc4 eoo3j muxer z4lpc 4lsuw 2tsmp eirkr r3rsi b5nvc vid2o dmh5p hrptj oeh2l 4ngrv (without spaces of course, but added as clarification)


Let's take a few groups as examples to explain how to decipher the group:





  • qu5dt: This group contains a digit 5, so the (1-indexed) 5th character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: t.


  • hprit: This group contains no digits, so the first character of this group is used implicitly for the deciphered text: h.


  • osyw2: This groups contains a digit 2, so the (1-indexed) 2nd character of this group is the character used for the deciphered text: s.


Challenge:



Given an integer length and string word_to_encipher, output a random enciphered string as described above.



You only have to encipher given the length and word_to_encipher, so no need to create a deciphering program/function as well. I might make a part 2 challenge for the deciphering in the future however.



Challenge rules:




  • You can assume the length will be in the range [3,9].

  • You can assume the word_to_encipher will only contain letters.

  • You can use either full lowercase or full uppercase (please state which one you've used in your answer).

  • Your outputs, every group, and the positions of the digits in a group (if present) should be uniformly random. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present; and it obviously cannot be on the same position as the enciphered character).

  • You are also allowed to use 0-indexed digits instead of 1-indexed. Please state which of the two you've used in your answer.

  • The digit 1 (or 0 when 0-indexed) will never be present in the output. So b1ndh is not a valid group to encipher the character 'b'. However, b4tbw is valid, where the 4 enciphers the b at the 4th (1-indexed) position, and the other characters b,t,w are random (which coincidentally also contains a b). Other possible valid groups of length 5 to encipher the character 'b' are: abcd2, ab2de, babbk, hue5b, etc.


General rules:




  • This is code-golf, so shortest answer in bytes wins.

    Don't let code-golf languages discourage you from posting answers with non-codegolfing languages. Try to come up with an as short as possible answer for 'any' programming language.


  • Standard rules apply for your answer with default I/O rules, so you are allowed to use STDIN/STDOUT, functions/method with the proper parameters and return-type, full programs. Your call.


  • Default Loopholes are forbidden.

  • If possible, please add a link with a test for your code (i.e. TIO).

  • Also, adding an explanation for your answer is highly recommended.


Test cases:



Input:
Length: 5
Word to encipher: thisisacomputercipher
Possible output:
qu5dthpritk3iqbosyw2jii2om5uzsakiwbhwpc4eoo3jmuxerz4lpc4lsuw2tsmpeirkrr3rsib5nvcvid2odmh5phrptjoeh2l4ngrv

Input:
Length: 8
Word to encipher: test
Possible output:
ewetng4o6smptebyo6ontsrbtxten3qk

Input:
Length: 3
Word to encipher: three
Possible output:
tomv3h2rvege3le






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    How does "uniform" mean
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    @l4m2 That there is an equal chance for any output. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present, and also not on the same position as the enciphered character).
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    So abcd2, ab2de, babbk all same? Also is b1akk valid?
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    – l4m2
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:43










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    @l4m2 Yep, all three are possible outputs enciphering the character 'b'. As for b1akk I'd say no. Will edit it in the challenge description to clarify. If the first character is the enciphered one, no digit should be present.
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    – Kevin Cruijssen
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:48






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    For example, when length = 3, char = "a"; The form "a??" has 676 possible results, but "1a?", "?a1", "2?a", "?2a", has only104 results. So, if I'm trying to chose one result from all these 780 results, the distribution of "position of the enciphered letter" is 13:1:1, not 1:1:1. And I would consider this as how "uniformly random" work.
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    $begingroup$
    How does "uniform" mean
    $endgroup$
    – l4m2
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:32










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    @l4m2 That there is an equal chance for any output. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present, and also not on the same position as the enciphered character).
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    – Kevin Cruijssen
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:34












  • $begingroup$
    So abcd2, ab2de, babbk all same? Also is b1akk valid?
    $endgroup$
    – l4m2
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:43










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    @l4m2 Yep, all three are possible outputs enciphering the character 'b'. As for b1akk I'd say no. Will edit it in the challenge description to clarify. If the first character is the enciphered one, no digit should be present.
    $endgroup$
    – Kevin Cruijssen
    Dec 3 '18 at 9:48






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    For example, when length = 3, char = "a"; The form "a??" has 676 possible results, but "1a?", "?a1", "2?a", "?2a", has only104 results. So, if I'm trying to chose one result from all these 780 results, the distribution of "position of the enciphered letter" is 13:1:1, not 1:1:1. And I would consider this as how "uniformly random" work.
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How does "uniform" mean
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$begingroup$
How does "uniform" mean
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– l4m2
Dec 3 '18 at 9:32












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@l4m2 That there is an equal chance for any output. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present, and also not on the same position as the enciphered character).
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– Kevin Cruijssen
Dec 3 '18 at 9:34






$begingroup$
@l4m2 That there is an equal chance for any output. So all random letters of the alphabet have the same chance of occurring; the position of the enciphered letter in each group has the same chance of occurring; and the position of the digit has the same chance of occurring (except when it's the first character and no digit is present, and also not on the same position as the enciphered character).
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– Kevin Cruijssen
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So abcd2, ab2de, babbk all same? Also is b1akk valid?
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– l4m2
Dec 3 '18 at 9:43




$begingroup$
So abcd2, ab2de, babbk all same? Also is b1akk valid?
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– l4m2
Dec 3 '18 at 9:43












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@l4m2 Yep, all three are possible outputs enciphering the character 'b'. As for b1akk I'd say no. Will edit it in the challenge description to clarify. If the first character is the enciphered one, no digit should be present.
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– Kevin Cruijssen
Dec 3 '18 at 9:48




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@l4m2 Yep, all three are possible outputs enciphering the character 'b'. As for b1akk I'd say no. Will edit it in the challenge description to clarify. If the first character is the enciphered one, no digit should be present.
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– Kevin Cruijssen
Dec 3 '18 at 9:48




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For example, when length = 3, char = "a"; The form "a??" has 676 possible results, but "1a?", "?a1", "2?a", "?2a", has only104 results. So, if I'm trying to chose one result from all these 780 results, the distribution of "position of the enciphered letter" is 13:1:1, not 1:1:1. And I would consider this as how "uniformly random" work.
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– tsh
Dec 4 '18 at 9:43




$begingroup$
For example, when length = 3, char = "a"; The form "a??" has 676 possible results, but "1a?", "?a1", "2?a", "?2a", has only104 results. So, if I'm trying to chose one result from all these 780 results, the distribution of "position of the enciphered letter" is 13:1:1, not 1:1:1. And I would consider this as how "uniformly random" work.
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->n{*.&{S:g{.}=(65..90)>>.chr.roll(n).join.subst(/./,$/,:th($!=roll 1..n:)).subst(/./,$!,:th($!-1??(^n+1∖$!).roll!!n+1))}}


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Takes input and output in uppercase. Takes input curried, like f(n)(string). Uses 1 indexing.



Explanation:



->n{*.&{ ...  }}   # Anonymous code block that takes a number n and returns a function
S:g{.}= # That turns each character of the given string into
.roll(n) # Randomly pick n times with replacement
(65..90)>>.chr # From the uppercase alphabet
.join # And join
.subst( ) # Then replace
/./, ,:th($!=roll 1..n:) # A random index (saving the number in $!)
$/ # With the original character
.subst( ) # Replace again
/./,$!,:th( ... ) # The xth character with $!, where x is:
$!-1?? # If $! is not 1
(^n+1∖$!).roll # A random index that isn't $!
!!n+1 # Else an index out of range





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    Python 2, 187 177 176 156 154 148 bytes





    lambda l,s:''.join([chr(choice(R(65,91))),c,`n`][(j==n)-(j==i)*(n>0)]for c in s for n,i in[sample(R(l),2)]for j in R(l))
    from random import*
    R=range


    Try it online!



    Uses uppercase letters, and 0-indexed numbers.



    -3 bytes, thanks to Kevin Cruijssen






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      @KevinCruijssen Thanks :)
      $endgroup$
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      Dec 3 '18 at 10:33










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      What does sample(R(l),2)[::1|-(random()<.5)] mean?
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      – l4m2
      Dec 3 '18 at 10:34










    • $begingroup$
      @l4m2 It takes 2 numbers from range(l), and shuffles them. But apparently sample does not guarantee order, so it's not needed :)
      $endgroup$
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      Dec 3 '18 at 10:40










    • $begingroup$
      Can't you remove the parenthesis around (j==i)*(n>0)? The multiply has operator precedence over the subtract doesn't it?
      $endgroup$
      – Kevin Cruijssen
      Dec 3 '18 at 10:41






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      @KevinCruijssen Yeah, I forgot to remove them, when i had some problems
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      Dec 3 '18 at 10:45



















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    Pyth, 22 bytes



    smsXWJOQXmOGQJdO-UQJJz


    Try it online.



    Uses lowercase and zero-indexing.



    Explanation



    Very straightforward algorithm.



                               Implicit: read word in z
    Implicit: read number in Q
    m z For each char d in z:
    OQ Choose a number 0..Q-1
    J and call it J.
    m Q Make an array of Q
    OG random letters.
    X d Place d in this string
    J at position J.
    W If J is not 0,
    X J place J in this string
    O at a random position from
    UQ 0..Q-1
    - J except for J.
    s Concatenate the letters.
    s Concatenate the results.





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      JavaScript (Node.js), 135 bytes





      n=>f=([c,...s])=>c?(g=n=>n?g(--n)+(n-p?n-q|!p?(r(26)+10).toString(36):p:c):'')(n,r=n=>Math.random()*n|0,p=r(n),q=r(n-1),q+=q>=p)+f(s):s


      Try it online!



      Thank Arnauld for 1B






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        R, 134 132 123 bytes





        function(S,n,s=sample)for(k in utf8ToInt(S)){o=k+!1:n
        P=s(n,1)
        o[-P]=s(c(P[i<-P>1],s(17:42,n-1-i,T)))+48
        cat(intToUtf8(o))}


        Try it online!



        Takes uppercase letters.



        Explanation of old code (mostly the same approach):



        function(S,n){s=sample				# alias
        K=el(strsplit(S,"")) # split to characters
        o=1:n # output array
        for(k in K){ # for each character in the string
        P=s(n,1) # pick a Position for that character
        o[-P]= # assign to everywhere besides P:
        s( # a permutation of:
        c(P[i<-P>1], # P if it's greater than 1
        s(letters,n-1-i,T))) # and a random sample, with replacement, of lowercase letters
        o[P]=k # set k to position P
        cat(o,sep="")}} # and print





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          Java (JDK), 193 bytes





          s->n->s.flatMap(c->{int a=new int[n],i=n,x=0;for(;i-->0;)a[i]+=Math.random()*26+97;a[i+=Math.random()*n+1]=c;x+=Math.random()*~-n;if(i>0)a[x<i?x:x+1]=48+i;return java.util.Arrays.stream(a);})


          Try it online!




          • The index are 0-based.

          • This entry uses an IntStream (gotten through String::chars) as input, as well as a number and returns another IntStream.

          • Casts from double to int are unnecessary because of the += hack.






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            Japt, 29 bytes



            ;£=VöJ;CöV hUÎX hUÅÎUÎ?UÎs:Cö


            Try it online!



            Zero-indexed.



            Explanation:



            ;                                :Set C = [a...z]
            £ :For each character of the input:
            =VöJ; : Get two different random indexes from [0,length)
            CöV : Get 5 random letters
            hUÎX : Replace one at random with the character from the input
            hUÅÎ : Replace a different random character with:
            UÎ? : If the input character was not placed at 0:
            UÎs : The index of the input character
            : : Otherwise:
            Cö : A random letter
            :Implicitly join back to a string





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              C, 115 bytes



              g(_,n)char*_;{int i=rand(),j=i%~-n,k=0;for(i%=n;k<n;k++)putchar(k-i?!i|i<k^k-j?rand()%26+97:48+i:*_);*++_&&g(_,n);}


              Try it online!



              0-indexed, lowercase.



              Slightly ungolfed and expanded:



              g(char*_,int n) {
              int i = rand(), j = i%(n-1), k = 0;
              for(i = i%n; k<n; k++)
              putchar(k!=i ? i!=0 || k==j + (k>i)
              ? rand()%26 + 'A'
              : i + '0')
              : *_);
              if (*++_!=0) g(_,n);
              }


              The code should be pretty straightforward.
              The two randoms i,j generated in one rand() call are good as independent since gcd(n,~-n)=1 and RAND_MAX is large.






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                Welcome to PPCG! :)
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                – Shaggy
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              Clean, 256 bytes



              import StdEnv
              s::!Int->Int
              s _=code {
              ccall time "I:I"
              ccall srand "I:I"
              }
              r::!Int->Int
              r _=code {
              ccall rand "I:I"
              }
              $n|s 0<1#k=mape.r e rem n
              =flatten o mapc.hd[map(i|i==x=c=toChar if(i==y&&x>0)(x+48)(r i rem 26+97))[0..n-1]\x<-k[0..]&y<-k[0..]|x<>y]


              Try it online!



              Chooses:




              • a random x (position of the character in the segment)

              • a random y that isn't equal to x (position of the digit in the segment)

              • a random lowercase letter for each position not equal to x and not equal to y unless x is zero






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                JavaScript, 134 bytes





                l=>w=>w.replace(/./g,c=>eval("for(s=c;!s[l-1]||s[t?t-1||9:0]!=c;t=s.replace(/\D/g,''))s=(p=Math.random()*36**l,p-p%1).toString(36)"))


                Try it online!



                This answer chose the encoded string from all possible encoded string uniformly. So it is more possible to make the encoded letter as the first one.






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                  C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 171 bytes





                  s=>n=>{var r=new Random();return s.SelectMany(c=>{int i=r.Next(n),j=r.Next(n-1);j+=j<i?0:1;return new int[n].Select((_,k)=>(char)(i==k?c:j==k&i>0?i+49:r.Next(26)+97));});}


                  Try it online!



                  Explanation...



                  // s is the input string
                  // n is the input length
                  s=>n=>{
                  // we need to create an instance
                  // of Random and use throughout
                  var r=new Random();
                  // iterate over s, each iteration
                  // returns an array... flatten it
                  return s.SelectMany(c=>{
                  // i is the position of the letter
                  // j is the position of the number
                  int i=r.Next(n), j=r.Next(n-1);
                  // ensure i and j are different
                  j+=j<i?0:1;
                  // create an iterable of size n
                  return new int[n]
                  // iterate over it with index k
                  .Select((_,k)=>(char)(
                  // return the letter
                  i==k?c:
                  // return the number
                  j==k&i>0?i+49:
                  // return a random letter
                  r.Next(26)+97)
                  );
                  });
                  }





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                    Charcoal, 35 30 bytes



                    NθFS«≔‽θη≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζFθ≡κζIηηι‽β


                    Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. 0-indexed. Explanation:



                    Nθ


                    Input the length.



                    FS«


                    Input the word and loop over the characters.



                    ≔‽θη


                    Choose a random position for the deciphered letter.



                    ≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζ


                    Choose a different random position for the digit, unless the letter is at position 0, in which case put the digit at position 0 as well.



                    Fθ≡κ


                    Loop once for each output character and switch on the position.



                    ζIη


                    If this is the position of the digit then output the position of the deciphered letter.



                    ηι


                    But if this is the position of the deciphered letter then output the letter. This takes precedence over the position of the digit because Charcoal takes the last entry if multiple switch cases have the same value.



                    ‽β


                    Otherwise output a random letter.






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                      Perl 6, 125 bytes





                      ->n{*.&{S:g{.}=(65..90)>>.chr.roll(n).join.subst(/./,$/,:th($!=roll 1..n:)).subst(/./,$!,:th($!-1??(^n+1∖$!).roll!!n+1))}}


                      Try it online!



                      Takes input and output in uppercase. Takes input curried, like f(n)(string). Uses 1 indexing.



                      Explanation:



                      ->n{*.&{ ...  }}   # Anonymous code block that takes a number n and returns a function
                      S:g{.}= # That turns each character of the given string into
                      .roll(n) # Randomly pick n times with replacement
                      (65..90)>>.chr # From the uppercase alphabet
                      .join # And join
                      .subst( ) # Then replace
                      /./, ,:th($!=roll 1..n:) # A random index (saving the number in $!)
                      $/ # With the original character
                      .subst( ) # Replace again
                      /./,$!,:th( ... ) # The xth character with $!, where x is:
                      $!-1?? # If $! is not 1
                      (^n+1∖$!).roll # A random index that isn't $!
                      !!n+1 # Else an index out of range





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                        Perl 6, 125 bytes





                        ->n{*.&{S:g{.}=(65..90)>>.chr.roll(n).join.subst(/./,$/,:th($!=roll 1..n:)).subst(/./,$!,:th($!-1??(^n+1∖$!).roll!!n+1))}}


                        Try it online!



                        Takes input and output in uppercase. Takes input curried, like f(n)(string). Uses 1 indexing.



                        Explanation:



                        ->n{*.&{ ...  }}   # Anonymous code block that takes a number n and returns a function
                        S:g{.}= # That turns each character of the given string into
                        .roll(n) # Randomly pick n times with replacement
                        (65..90)>>.chr # From the uppercase alphabet
                        .join # And join
                        .subst( ) # Then replace
                        /./, ,:th($!=roll 1..n:) # A random index (saving the number in $!)
                        $/ # With the original character
                        .subst( ) # Replace again
                        /./,$!,:th( ... ) # The xth character with $!, where x is:
                        $!-1?? # If $! is not 1
                        (^n+1∖$!).roll # A random index that isn't $!
                        !!n+1 # Else an index out of range





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                          Perl 6, 125 bytes





                          ->n{*.&{S:g{.}=(65..90)>>.chr.roll(n).join.subst(/./,$/,:th($!=roll 1..n:)).subst(/./,$!,:th($!-1??(^n+1∖$!).roll!!n+1))}}


                          Try it online!



                          Takes input and output in uppercase. Takes input curried, like f(n)(string). Uses 1 indexing.



                          Explanation:



                          ->n{*.&{ ...  }}   # Anonymous code block that takes a number n and returns a function
                          S:g{.}= # That turns each character of the given string into
                          .roll(n) # Randomly pick n times with replacement
                          (65..90)>>.chr # From the uppercase alphabet
                          .join # And join
                          .subst( ) # Then replace
                          /./, ,:th($!=roll 1..n:) # A random index (saving the number in $!)
                          $/ # With the original character
                          .subst( ) # Replace again
                          /./,$!,:th( ... ) # The xth character with $!, where x is:
                          $!-1?? # If $! is not 1
                          (^n+1∖$!).roll # A random index that isn't $!
                          !!n+1 # Else an index out of range





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                          Perl 6, 125 bytes





                          ->n{*.&{S:g{.}=(65..90)>>.chr.roll(n).join.subst(/./,$/,:th($!=roll 1..n:)).subst(/./,$!,:th($!-1??(^n+1∖$!).roll!!n+1))}}


                          Try it online!



                          Takes input and output in uppercase. Takes input curried, like f(n)(string). Uses 1 indexing.



                          Explanation:



                          ->n{*.&{ ...  }}   # Anonymous code block that takes a number n and returns a function
                          S:g{.}= # That turns each character of the given string into
                          .roll(n) # Randomly pick n times with replacement
                          (65..90)>>.chr # From the uppercase alphabet
                          .join # And join
                          .subst( ) # Then replace
                          /./, ,:th($!=roll 1..n:) # A random index (saving the number in $!)
                          $/ # With the original character
                          .subst( ) # Replace again
                          /./,$!,:th( ... ) # The xth character with $!, where x is:
                          $!-1?? # If $! is not 1
                          (^n+1∖$!).roll # A random index that isn't $!
                          !!n+1 # Else an index out of range






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                          answered Dec 3 '18 at 10:46









                          Jo KingJo King

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                              Python 2, 187 177 176 156 154 148 bytes





                              lambda l,s:''.join([chr(choice(R(65,91))),c,`n`][(j==n)-(j==i)*(n>0)]for c in s for n,i in[sample(R(l),2)]for j in R(l))
                              from random import*
                              R=range


                              Try it online!



                              Uses uppercase letters, and 0-indexed numbers.



                              -3 bytes, thanks to Kevin Cruijssen






                              share|improve this answer











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                              • $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Thanks :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:33










                              • $begingroup$
                                What does sample(R(l),2)[::1|-(random()<.5)] mean?
                                $endgroup$
                                – l4m2
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:34










                              • $begingroup$
                                @l4m2 It takes 2 numbers from range(l), and shuffles them. But apparently sample does not guarantee order, so it's not needed :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:40










                              • $begingroup$
                                Can't you remove the parenthesis around (j==i)*(n>0)? The multiply has operator precedence over the subtract doesn't it?
                                $endgroup$
                                – Kevin Cruijssen
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:41






                              • 1




                                $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Yeah, I forgot to remove them, when i had some problems
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:45
















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                              Python 2, 187 177 176 156 154 148 bytes





                              lambda l,s:''.join([chr(choice(R(65,91))),c,`n`][(j==n)-(j==i)*(n>0)]for c in s for n,i in[sample(R(l),2)]for j in R(l))
                              from random import*
                              R=range


                              Try it online!



                              Uses uppercase letters, and 0-indexed numbers.



                              -3 bytes, thanks to Kevin Cruijssen






                              share|improve this answer











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                              • $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Thanks :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:33










                              • $begingroup$
                                What does sample(R(l),2)[::1|-(random()<.5)] mean?
                                $endgroup$
                                – l4m2
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:34










                              • $begingroup$
                                @l4m2 It takes 2 numbers from range(l), and shuffles them. But apparently sample does not guarantee order, so it's not needed :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:40










                              • $begingroup$
                                Can't you remove the parenthesis around (j==i)*(n>0)? The multiply has operator precedence over the subtract doesn't it?
                                $endgroup$
                                – Kevin Cruijssen
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:41






                              • 1




                                $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Yeah, I forgot to remove them, when i had some problems
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:45














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                              Python 2, 187 177 176 156 154 148 bytes





                              lambda l,s:''.join([chr(choice(R(65,91))),c,`n`][(j==n)-(j==i)*(n>0)]for c in s for n,i in[sample(R(l),2)]for j in R(l))
                              from random import*
                              R=range


                              Try it online!



                              Uses uppercase letters, and 0-indexed numbers.



                              -3 bytes, thanks to Kevin Cruijssen






                              share|improve this answer











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                              Python 2, 187 177 176 156 154 148 bytes





                              lambda l,s:''.join([chr(choice(R(65,91))),c,`n`][(j==n)-(j==i)*(n>0)]for c in s for n,i in[sample(R(l),2)]for j in R(l))
                              from random import*
                              R=range


                              Try it online!



                              Uses uppercase letters, and 0-indexed numbers.



                              -3 bytes, thanks to Kevin Cruijssen







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                              answered Dec 3 '18 at 10:15









                              TFeldTFeld

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                              • $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Thanks :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:33










                              • $begingroup$
                                What does sample(R(l),2)[::1|-(random()<.5)] mean?
                                $endgroup$
                                – l4m2
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:34










                              • $begingroup$
                                @l4m2 It takes 2 numbers from range(l), and shuffles them. But apparently sample does not guarantee order, so it's not needed :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:40










                              • $begingroup$
                                Can't you remove the parenthesis around (j==i)*(n>0)? The multiply has operator precedence over the subtract doesn't it?
                                $endgroup$
                                – Kevin Cruijssen
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:41






                              • 1




                                $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Yeah, I forgot to remove them, when i had some problems
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:45


















                              • $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Thanks :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:33










                              • $begingroup$
                                What does sample(R(l),2)[::1|-(random()<.5)] mean?
                                $endgroup$
                                – l4m2
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:34










                              • $begingroup$
                                @l4m2 It takes 2 numbers from range(l), and shuffles them. But apparently sample does not guarantee order, so it's not needed :)
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:40










                              • $begingroup$
                                Can't you remove the parenthesis around (j==i)*(n>0)? The multiply has operator precedence over the subtract doesn't it?
                                $endgroup$
                                – Kevin Cruijssen
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:41






                              • 1




                                $begingroup$
                                @KevinCruijssen Yeah, I forgot to remove them, when i had some problems
                                $endgroup$
                                – TFeld
                                Dec 3 '18 at 10:45
















                              $begingroup$
                              @KevinCruijssen Thanks :)
                              $endgroup$
                              – TFeld
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:33




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                              @KevinCruijssen Thanks :)
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                              – TFeld
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:33












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                              What does sample(R(l),2)[::1|-(random()<.5)] mean?
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                              – l4m2
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:34




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                              What does sample(R(l),2)[::1|-(random()<.5)] mean?
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                              – l4m2
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:34












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                              @l4m2 It takes 2 numbers from range(l), and shuffles them. But apparently sample does not guarantee order, so it's not needed :)
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                              – TFeld
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:40




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                              @l4m2 It takes 2 numbers from range(l), and shuffles them. But apparently sample does not guarantee order, so it's not needed :)
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                              – TFeld
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:40












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                              Can't you remove the parenthesis around (j==i)*(n>0)? The multiply has operator precedence over the subtract doesn't it?
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                              – Kevin Cruijssen
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:41




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                              Can't you remove the parenthesis around (j==i)*(n>0)? The multiply has operator precedence over the subtract doesn't it?
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                              – Kevin Cruijssen
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:41




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                              @KevinCruijssen Yeah, I forgot to remove them, when i had some problems
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                              – TFeld
                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:45




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                              @KevinCruijssen Yeah, I forgot to remove them, when i had some problems
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                              Dec 3 '18 at 10:45











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                              Pyth, 22 bytes



                              smsXWJOQXmOGQJdO-UQJJz


                              Try it online.



                              Uses lowercase and zero-indexing.



                              Explanation



                              Very straightforward algorithm.



                                                         Implicit: read word in z
                              Implicit: read number in Q
                              m z For each char d in z:
                              OQ Choose a number 0..Q-1
                              J and call it J.
                              m Q Make an array of Q
                              OG random letters.
                              X d Place d in this string
                              J at position J.
                              W If J is not 0,
                              X J place J in this string
                              O at a random position from
                              UQ 0..Q-1
                              - J except for J.
                              s Concatenate the letters.
                              s Concatenate the results.





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                                Pyth, 22 bytes



                                smsXWJOQXmOGQJdO-UQJJz


                                Try it online.



                                Uses lowercase and zero-indexing.



                                Explanation



                                Very straightforward algorithm.



                                                           Implicit: read word in z
                                Implicit: read number in Q
                                m z For each char d in z:
                                OQ Choose a number 0..Q-1
                                J and call it J.
                                m Q Make an array of Q
                                OG random letters.
                                X d Place d in this string
                                J at position J.
                                W If J is not 0,
                                X J place J in this string
                                O at a random position from
                                UQ 0..Q-1
                                - J except for J.
                                s Concatenate the letters.
                                s Concatenate the results.





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                                  Pyth, 22 bytes



                                  smsXWJOQXmOGQJdO-UQJJz


                                  Try it online.



                                  Uses lowercase and zero-indexing.



                                  Explanation



                                  Very straightforward algorithm.



                                                             Implicit: read word in z
                                  Implicit: read number in Q
                                  m z For each char d in z:
                                  OQ Choose a number 0..Q-1
                                  J and call it J.
                                  m Q Make an array of Q
                                  OG random letters.
                                  X d Place d in this string
                                  J at position J.
                                  W If J is not 0,
                                  X J place J in this string
                                  O at a random position from
                                  UQ 0..Q-1
                                  - J except for J.
                                  s Concatenate the letters.
                                  s Concatenate the results.





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                                  Pyth, 22 bytes



                                  smsXWJOQXmOGQJdO-UQJJz


                                  Try it online.



                                  Uses lowercase and zero-indexing.



                                  Explanation



                                  Very straightforward algorithm.



                                                             Implicit: read word in z
                                  Implicit: read number in Q
                                  m z For each char d in z:
                                  OQ Choose a number 0..Q-1
                                  J and call it J.
                                  m Q Make an array of Q
                                  OG random letters.
                                  X d Place d in this string
                                  J at position J.
                                  W If J is not 0,
                                  X J place J in this string
                                  O at a random position from
                                  UQ 0..Q-1
                                  - J except for J.
                                  s Concatenate the letters.
                                  s Concatenate the results.






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                                  edited Dec 3 '18 at 17:00

























                                  answered Dec 3 '18 at 13:34









                                  Pietu1998Pietu1998

                                  15.5k22780




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                                      JavaScript (Node.js), 135 bytes





                                      n=>f=([c,...s])=>c?(g=n=>n?g(--n)+(n-p?n-q|!p?(r(26)+10).toString(36):p:c):'')(n,r=n=>Math.random()*n|0,p=r(n),q=r(n-1),q+=q>=p)+f(s):s


                                      Try it online!



                                      Thank Arnauld for 1B






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                                        JavaScript (Node.js), 135 bytes





                                        n=>f=([c,...s])=>c?(g=n=>n?g(--n)+(n-p?n-q|!p?(r(26)+10).toString(36):p:c):'')(n,r=n=>Math.random()*n|0,p=r(n),q=r(n-1),q+=q>=p)+f(s):s


                                        Try it online!



                                        Thank Arnauld for 1B






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                                          JavaScript (Node.js), 135 bytes





                                          n=>f=([c,...s])=>c?(g=n=>n?g(--n)+(n-p?n-q|!p?(r(26)+10).toString(36):p:c):'')(n,r=n=>Math.random()*n|0,p=r(n),q=r(n-1),q+=q>=p)+f(s):s


                                          Try it online!



                                          Thank Arnauld for 1B






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                                          JavaScript (Node.js), 135 bytes





                                          n=>f=([c,...s])=>c?(g=n=>n?g(--n)+(n-p?n-q|!p?(r(26)+10).toString(36):p:c):'')(n,r=n=>Math.random()*n|0,p=r(n),q=r(n-1),q+=q>=p)+f(s):s


                                          Try it online!



                                          Thank Arnauld for 1B







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                                          answered Dec 3 '18 at 10:15









                                          l4m2l4m2

                                          4,6331635




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                                              R, 134 132 123 bytes





                                              function(S,n,s=sample)for(k in utf8ToInt(S)){o=k+!1:n
                                              P=s(n,1)
                                              o[-P]=s(c(P[i<-P>1],s(17:42,n-1-i,T)))+48
                                              cat(intToUtf8(o))}


                                              Try it online!



                                              Takes uppercase letters.



                                              Explanation of old code (mostly the same approach):



                                              function(S,n){s=sample				# alias
                                              K=el(strsplit(S,"")) # split to characters
                                              o=1:n # output array
                                              for(k in K){ # for each character in the string
                                              P=s(n,1) # pick a Position for that character
                                              o[-P]= # assign to everywhere besides P:
                                              s( # a permutation of:
                                              c(P[i<-P>1], # P if it's greater than 1
                                              s(letters,n-1-i,T))) # and a random sample, with replacement, of lowercase letters
                                              o[P]=k # set k to position P
                                              cat(o,sep="")}} # and print





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                                                R, 134 132 123 bytes





                                                function(S,n,s=sample)for(k in utf8ToInt(S)){o=k+!1:n
                                                P=s(n,1)
                                                o[-P]=s(c(P[i<-P>1],s(17:42,n-1-i,T)))+48
                                                cat(intToUtf8(o))}


                                                Try it online!



                                                Takes uppercase letters.



                                                Explanation of old code (mostly the same approach):



                                                function(S,n){s=sample				# alias
                                                K=el(strsplit(S,"")) # split to characters
                                                o=1:n # output array
                                                for(k in K){ # for each character in the string
                                                P=s(n,1) # pick a Position for that character
                                                o[-P]= # assign to everywhere besides P:
                                                s( # a permutation of:
                                                c(P[i<-P>1], # P if it's greater than 1
                                                s(letters,n-1-i,T))) # and a random sample, with replacement, of lowercase letters
                                                o[P]=k # set k to position P
                                                cat(o,sep="")}} # and print





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                                                  R, 134 132 123 bytes





                                                  function(S,n,s=sample)for(k in utf8ToInt(S)){o=k+!1:n
                                                  P=s(n,1)
                                                  o[-P]=s(c(P[i<-P>1],s(17:42,n-1-i,T)))+48
                                                  cat(intToUtf8(o))}


                                                  Try it online!



                                                  Takes uppercase letters.



                                                  Explanation of old code (mostly the same approach):



                                                  function(S,n){s=sample				# alias
                                                  K=el(strsplit(S,"")) # split to characters
                                                  o=1:n # output array
                                                  for(k in K){ # for each character in the string
                                                  P=s(n,1) # pick a Position for that character
                                                  o[-P]= # assign to everywhere besides P:
                                                  s( # a permutation of:
                                                  c(P[i<-P>1], # P if it's greater than 1
                                                  s(letters,n-1-i,T))) # and a random sample, with replacement, of lowercase letters
                                                  o[P]=k # set k to position P
                                                  cat(o,sep="")}} # and print





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                                                  R, 134 132 123 bytes





                                                  function(S,n,s=sample)for(k in utf8ToInt(S)){o=k+!1:n
                                                  P=s(n,1)
                                                  o[-P]=s(c(P[i<-P>1],s(17:42,n-1-i,T)))+48
                                                  cat(intToUtf8(o))}


                                                  Try it online!



                                                  Takes uppercase letters.



                                                  Explanation of old code (mostly the same approach):



                                                  function(S,n){s=sample				# alias
                                                  K=el(strsplit(S,"")) # split to characters
                                                  o=1:n # output array
                                                  for(k in K){ # for each character in the string
                                                  P=s(n,1) # pick a Position for that character
                                                  o[-P]= # assign to everywhere besides P:
                                                  s( # a permutation of:
                                                  c(P[i<-P>1], # P if it's greater than 1
                                                  s(letters,n-1-i,T))) # and a random sample, with replacement, of lowercase letters
                                                  o[P]=k # set k to position P
                                                  cat(o,sep="")}} # and print






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                                                  edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:03

























                                                  answered Dec 4 '18 at 16:36









                                                  GiuseppeGiuseppe

                                                  16.5k31052




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                                                      Java (JDK), 193 bytes





                                                      s->n->s.flatMap(c->{int a=new int[n],i=n,x=0;for(;i-->0;)a[i]+=Math.random()*26+97;a[i+=Math.random()*n+1]=c;x+=Math.random()*~-n;if(i>0)a[x<i?x:x+1]=48+i;return java.util.Arrays.stream(a);})


                                                      Try it online!




                                                      • The index are 0-based.

                                                      • This entry uses an IntStream (gotten through String::chars) as input, as well as a number and returns another IntStream.

                                                      • Casts from double to int are unnecessary because of the += hack.






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                                                        Java (JDK), 193 bytes





                                                        s->n->s.flatMap(c->{int a=new int[n],i=n,x=0;for(;i-->0;)a[i]+=Math.random()*26+97;a[i+=Math.random()*n+1]=c;x+=Math.random()*~-n;if(i>0)a[x<i?x:x+1]=48+i;return java.util.Arrays.stream(a);})


                                                        Try it online!




                                                        • The index are 0-based.

                                                        • This entry uses an IntStream (gotten through String::chars) as input, as well as a number and returns another IntStream.

                                                        • Casts from double to int are unnecessary because of the += hack.






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                                                          Java (JDK), 193 bytes





                                                          s->n->s.flatMap(c->{int a=new int[n],i=n,x=0;for(;i-->0;)a[i]+=Math.random()*26+97;a[i+=Math.random()*n+1]=c;x+=Math.random()*~-n;if(i>0)a[x<i?x:x+1]=48+i;return java.util.Arrays.stream(a);})


                                                          Try it online!




                                                          • The index are 0-based.

                                                          • This entry uses an IntStream (gotten through String::chars) as input, as well as a number and returns another IntStream.

                                                          • Casts from double to int are unnecessary because of the += hack.






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                                                          Java (JDK), 193 bytes





                                                          s->n->s.flatMap(c->{int a=new int[n],i=n,x=0;for(;i-->0;)a[i]+=Math.random()*26+97;a[i+=Math.random()*n+1]=c;x+=Math.random()*~-n;if(i>0)a[x<i?x:x+1]=48+i;return java.util.Arrays.stream(a);})


                                                          Try it online!




                                                          • The index are 0-based.

                                                          • This entry uses an IntStream (gotten through String::chars) as input, as well as a number and returns another IntStream.

                                                          • Casts from double to int are unnecessary because of the += hack.







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                                                          edited Dec 5 '18 at 11:17

























                                                          answered Dec 3 '18 at 16:30









                                                          Olivier GrégoireOlivier Grégoire

                                                          8,92511843




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                                                              Japt, 29 bytes



                                                              ;£=VöJ;CöV hUÎX hUÅÎUÎ?UÎs:Cö


                                                              Try it online!



                                                              Zero-indexed.



                                                              Explanation:



                                                              ;                                :Set C = [a...z]
                                                              £ :For each character of the input:
                                                              =VöJ; : Get two different random indexes from [0,length)
                                                              CöV : Get 5 random letters
                                                              hUÎX : Replace one at random with the character from the input
                                                              hUÅÎ : Replace a different random character with:
                                                              UÎ? : If the input character was not placed at 0:
                                                              UÎs : The index of the input character
                                                              : : Otherwise:
                                                              Cö : A random letter
                                                              :Implicitly join back to a string





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                                                                Japt, 29 bytes



                                                                ;£=VöJ;CöV hUÎX hUÅÎUÎ?UÎs:Cö


                                                                Try it online!



                                                                Zero-indexed.



                                                                Explanation:



                                                                ;                                :Set C = [a...z]
                                                                £ :For each character of the input:
                                                                =VöJ; : Get two different random indexes from [0,length)
                                                                CöV : Get 5 random letters
                                                                hUÎX : Replace one at random with the character from the input
                                                                hUÅÎ : Replace a different random character with:
                                                                UÎ? : If the input character was not placed at 0:
                                                                UÎs : The index of the input character
                                                                : : Otherwise:
                                                                Cö : A random letter
                                                                :Implicitly join back to a string





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                                                                  Japt, 29 bytes



                                                                  ;£=VöJ;CöV hUÎX hUÅÎUÎ?UÎs:Cö


                                                                  Try it online!



                                                                  Zero-indexed.



                                                                  Explanation:



                                                                  ;                                :Set C = [a...z]
                                                                  £ :For each character of the input:
                                                                  =VöJ; : Get two different random indexes from [0,length)
                                                                  CöV : Get 5 random letters
                                                                  hUÎX : Replace one at random with the character from the input
                                                                  hUÅÎ : Replace a different random character with:
                                                                  UÎ? : If the input character was not placed at 0:
                                                                  UÎs : The index of the input character
                                                                  : : Otherwise:
                                                                  Cö : A random letter
                                                                  :Implicitly join back to a string





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                                                                  Japt, 29 bytes



                                                                  ;£=VöJ;CöV hUÎX hUÅÎUÎ?UÎs:Cö


                                                                  Try it online!



                                                                  Zero-indexed.



                                                                  Explanation:



                                                                  ;                                :Set C = [a...z]
                                                                  £ :For each character of the input:
                                                                  =VöJ; : Get two different random indexes from [0,length)
                                                                  CöV : Get 5 random letters
                                                                  hUÎX : Replace one at random with the character from the input
                                                                  hUÅÎ : Replace a different random character with:
                                                                  UÎ? : If the input character was not placed at 0:
                                                                  UÎs : The index of the input character
                                                                  : : Otherwise:
                                                                  Cö : A random letter
                                                                  :Implicitly join back to a string






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                                                                  edited Dec 5 '18 at 14:06

























                                                                  answered Dec 3 '18 at 16:16









                                                                  Kamil DrakariKamil Drakari

                                                                  3,131416




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                                                                      C, 115 bytes



                                                                      g(_,n)char*_;{int i=rand(),j=i%~-n,k=0;for(i%=n;k<n;k++)putchar(k-i?!i|i<k^k-j?rand()%26+97:48+i:*_);*++_&&g(_,n);}


                                                                      Try it online!



                                                                      0-indexed, lowercase.



                                                                      Slightly ungolfed and expanded:



                                                                      g(char*_,int n) {
                                                                      int i = rand(), j = i%(n-1), k = 0;
                                                                      for(i = i%n; k<n; k++)
                                                                      putchar(k!=i ? i!=0 || k==j + (k>i)
                                                                      ? rand()%26 + 'A'
                                                                      : i + '0')
                                                                      : *_);
                                                                      if (*++_!=0) g(_,n);
                                                                      }


                                                                      The code should be pretty straightforward.
                                                                      The two randoms i,j generated in one rand() call are good as independent since gcd(n,~-n)=1 and RAND_MAX is large.






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                                                                        Welcome to PPCG! :)
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                                                                        – Shaggy
                                                                        Dec 17 '18 at 11:48
















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                                                                      C, 115 bytes



                                                                      g(_,n)char*_;{int i=rand(),j=i%~-n,k=0;for(i%=n;k<n;k++)putchar(k-i?!i|i<k^k-j?rand()%26+97:48+i:*_);*++_&&g(_,n);}


                                                                      Try it online!



                                                                      0-indexed, lowercase.



                                                                      Slightly ungolfed and expanded:



                                                                      g(char*_,int n) {
                                                                      int i = rand(), j = i%(n-1), k = 0;
                                                                      for(i = i%n; k<n; k++)
                                                                      putchar(k!=i ? i!=0 || k==j + (k>i)
                                                                      ? rand()%26 + 'A'
                                                                      : i + '0')
                                                                      : *_);
                                                                      if (*++_!=0) g(_,n);
                                                                      }


                                                                      The code should be pretty straightforward.
                                                                      The two randoms i,j generated in one rand() call are good as independent since gcd(n,~-n)=1 and RAND_MAX is large.






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                                                                        Dec 17 '18 at 11:48














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                                                                      C, 115 bytes



                                                                      g(_,n)char*_;{int i=rand(),j=i%~-n,k=0;for(i%=n;k<n;k++)putchar(k-i?!i|i<k^k-j?rand()%26+97:48+i:*_);*++_&&g(_,n);}


                                                                      Try it online!



                                                                      0-indexed, lowercase.



                                                                      Slightly ungolfed and expanded:



                                                                      g(char*_,int n) {
                                                                      int i = rand(), j = i%(n-1), k = 0;
                                                                      for(i = i%n; k<n; k++)
                                                                      putchar(k!=i ? i!=0 || k==j + (k>i)
                                                                      ? rand()%26 + 'A'
                                                                      : i + '0')
                                                                      : *_);
                                                                      if (*++_!=0) g(_,n);
                                                                      }


                                                                      The code should be pretty straightforward.
                                                                      The two randoms i,j generated in one rand() call are good as independent since gcd(n,~-n)=1 and RAND_MAX is large.






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                                                                      C, 115 bytes



                                                                      g(_,n)char*_;{int i=rand(),j=i%~-n,k=0;for(i%=n;k<n;k++)putchar(k-i?!i|i<k^k-j?rand()%26+97:48+i:*_);*++_&&g(_,n);}


                                                                      Try it online!



                                                                      0-indexed, lowercase.



                                                                      Slightly ungolfed and expanded:



                                                                      g(char*_,int n) {
                                                                      int i = rand(), j = i%(n-1), k = 0;
                                                                      for(i = i%n; k<n; k++)
                                                                      putchar(k!=i ? i!=0 || k==j + (k>i)
                                                                      ? rand()%26 + 'A'
                                                                      : i + '0')
                                                                      : *_);
                                                                      if (*++_!=0) g(_,n);
                                                                      }


                                                                      The code should be pretty straightforward.
                                                                      The two randoms i,j generated in one rand() call are good as independent since gcd(n,~-n)=1 and RAND_MAX is large.







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                                                                      answered Dec 16 '18 at 3:27









                                                                      attinatattinat

                                                                      3305




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                                                                      • $begingroup$
                                                                        Welcome to PPCG! :)
                                                                        $endgroup$
                                                                        – Shaggy
                                                                        Dec 17 '18 at 11:48


















                                                                      • $begingroup$
                                                                        Welcome to PPCG! :)
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                                                                        – Shaggy
                                                                        Dec 17 '18 at 11:48
















                                                                      $begingroup$
                                                                      Welcome to PPCG! :)
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                                                                      – Shaggy
                                                                      Dec 17 '18 at 11:48




                                                                      $begingroup$
                                                                      Welcome to PPCG! :)
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                                                                      – Shaggy
                                                                      Dec 17 '18 at 11:48











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                                                                      Clean, 256 bytes



                                                                      import StdEnv
                                                                      s::!Int->Int
                                                                      s _=code {
                                                                      ccall time "I:I"
                                                                      ccall srand "I:I"
                                                                      }
                                                                      r::!Int->Int
                                                                      r _=code {
                                                                      ccall rand "I:I"
                                                                      }
                                                                      $n|s 0<1#k=mape.r e rem n
                                                                      =flatten o mapc.hd[map(i|i==x=c=toChar if(i==y&&x>0)(x+48)(r i rem 26+97))[0..n-1]\x<-k[0..]&y<-k[0..]|x<>y]


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                                                                      Chooses:




                                                                      • a random x (position of the character in the segment)

                                                                      • a random y that isn't equal to x (position of the digit in the segment)

                                                                      • a random lowercase letter for each position not equal to x and not equal to y unless x is zero






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                                                                        1












                                                                        $begingroup$


                                                                        Clean, 256 bytes



                                                                        import StdEnv
                                                                        s::!Int->Int
                                                                        s _=code {
                                                                        ccall time "I:I"
                                                                        ccall srand "I:I"
                                                                        }
                                                                        r::!Int->Int
                                                                        r _=code {
                                                                        ccall rand "I:I"
                                                                        }
                                                                        $n|s 0<1#k=mape.r e rem n
                                                                        =flatten o mapc.hd[map(i|i==x=c=toChar if(i==y&&x>0)(x+48)(r i rem 26+97))[0..n-1]\x<-k[0..]&y<-k[0..]|x<>y]


                                                                        Try it online!



                                                                        Chooses:




                                                                        • a random x (position of the character in the segment)

                                                                        • a random y that isn't equal to x (position of the digit in the segment)

                                                                        • a random lowercase letter for each position not equal to x and not equal to y unless x is zero






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                                                                          1












                                                                          1








                                                                          1





                                                                          $begingroup$


                                                                          Clean, 256 bytes



                                                                          import StdEnv
                                                                          s::!Int->Int
                                                                          s _=code {
                                                                          ccall time "I:I"
                                                                          ccall srand "I:I"
                                                                          }
                                                                          r::!Int->Int
                                                                          r _=code {
                                                                          ccall rand "I:I"
                                                                          }
                                                                          $n|s 0<1#k=mape.r e rem n
                                                                          =flatten o mapc.hd[map(i|i==x=c=toChar if(i==y&&x>0)(x+48)(r i rem 26+97))[0..n-1]\x<-k[0..]&y<-k[0..]|x<>y]


                                                                          Try it online!



                                                                          Chooses:




                                                                          • a random x (position of the character in the segment)

                                                                          • a random y that isn't equal to x (position of the digit in the segment)

                                                                          • a random lowercase letter for each position not equal to x and not equal to y unless x is zero






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                                                                          $endgroup$




                                                                          Clean, 256 bytes



                                                                          import StdEnv
                                                                          s::!Int->Int
                                                                          s _=code {
                                                                          ccall time "I:I"
                                                                          ccall srand "I:I"
                                                                          }
                                                                          r::!Int->Int
                                                                          r _=code {
                                                                          ccall rand "I:I"
                                                                          }
                                                                          $n|s 0<1#k=mape.r e rem n
                                                                          =flatten o mapc.hd[map(i|i==x=c=toChar if(i==y&&x>0)(x+48)(r i rem 26+97))[0..n-1]\x<-k[0..]&y<-k[0..]|x<>y]


                                                                          Try it online!



                                                                          Chooses:




                                                                          • a random x (position of the character in the segment)

                                                                          • a random y that isn't equal to x (position of the digit in the segment)

                                                                          • a random lowercase letter for each position not equal to x and not equal to y unless x is zero







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                                                                          answered Dec 3 '18 at 23:42









                                                                          ΟurousΟurous

                                                                          6,58211033




                                                                          6,58211033























                                                                              1












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                                                                              JavaScript, 134 bytes





                                                                              l=>w=>w.replace(/./g,c=>eval("for(s=c;!s[l-1]||s[t?t-1||9:0]!=c;t=s.replace(/\D/g,''))s=(p=Math.random()*36**l,p-p%1).toString(36)"))


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                                                                              This answer chose the encoded string from all possible encoded string uniformly. So it is more possible to make the encoded letter as the first one.






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                                                                                1












                                                                                $begingroup$

                                                                                JavaScript, 134 bytes





                                                                                l=>w=>w.replace(/./g,c=>eval("for(s=c;!s[l-1]||s[t?t-1||9:0]!=c;t=s.replace(/\D/g,''))s=(p=Math.random()*36**l,p-p%1).toString(36)"))


                                                                                Try it online!



                                                                                This answer chose the encoded string from all possible encoded string uniformly. So it is more possible to make the encoded letter as the first one.






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                                                                                  1












                                                                                  1








                                                                                  1





                                                                                  $begingroup$

                                                                                  JavaScript, 134 bytes





                                                                                  l=>w=>w.replace(/./g,c=>eval("for(s=c;!s[l-1]||s[t?t-1||9:0]!=c;t=s.replace(/\D/g,''))s=(p=Math.random()*36**l,p-p%1).toString(36)"))


                                                                                  Try it online!



                                                                                  This answer chose the encoded string from all possible encoded string uniformly. So it is more possible to make the encoded letter as the first one.






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                                                                                  $endgroup$



                                                                                  JavaScript, 134 bytes





                                                                                  l=>w=>w.replace(/./g,c=>eval("for(s=c;!s[l-1]||s[t?t-1||9:0]!=c;t=s.replace(/\D/g,''))s=(p=Math.random()*36**l,p-p%1).toString(36)"))


                                                                                  Try it online!



                                                                                  This answer chose the encoded string from all possible encoded string uniformly. So it is more possible to make the encoded letter as the first one.







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                                                                                  answered Dec 5 '18 at 3:03









                                                                                  tshtsh

                                                                                  8,56511547




                                                                                  8,56511547























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                                                                                      C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 171 bytes





                                                                                      s=>n=>{var r=new Random();return s.SelectMany(c=>{int i=r.Next(n),j=r.Next(n-1);j+=j<i?0:1;return new int[n].Select((_,k)=>(char)(i==k?c:j==k&i>0?i+49:r.Next(26)+97));});}


                                                                                      Try it online!



                                                                                      Explanation...



                                                                                      // s is the input string
                                                                                      // n is the input length
                                                                                      s=>n=>{
                                                                                      // we need to create an instance
                                                                                      // of Random and use throughout
                                                                                      var r=new Random();
                                                                                      // iterate over s, each iteration
                                                                                      // returns an array... flatten it
                                                                                      return s.SelectMany(c=>{
                                                                                      // i is the position of the letter
                                                                                      // j is the position of the number
                                                                                      int i=r.Next(n), j=r.Next(n-1);
                                                                                      // ensure i and j are different
                                                                                      j+=j<i?0:1;
                                                                                      // create an iterable of size n
                                                                                      return new int[n]
                                                                                      // iterate over it with index k
                                                                                      .Select((_,k)=>(char)(
                                                                                      // return the letter
                                                                                      i==k?c:
                                                                                      // return the number
                                                                                      j==k&i>0?i+49:
                                                                                      // return a random letter
                                                                                      r.Next(26)+97)
                                                                                      );
                                                                                      });
                                                                                      }





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                                                                                        1












                                                                                        $begingroup$


                                                                                        C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 171 bytes





                                                                                        s=>n=>{var r=new Random();return s.SelectMany(c=>{int i=r.Next(n),j=r.Next(n-1);j+=j<i?0:1;return new int[n].Select((_,k)=>(char)(i==k?c:j==k&i>0?i+49:r.Next(26)+97));});}


                                                                                        Try it online!



                                                                                        Explanation...



                                                                                        // s is the input string
                                                                                        // n is the input length
                                                                                        s=>n=>{
                                                                                        // we need to create an instance
                                                                                        // of Random and use throughout
                                                                                        var r=new Random();
                                                                                        // iterate over s, each iteration
                                                                                        // returns an array... flatten it
                                                                                        return s.SelectMany(c=>{
                                                                                        // i is the position of the letter
                                                                                        // j is the position of the number
                                                                                        int i=r.Next(n), j=r.Next(n-1);
                                                                                        // ensure i and j are different
                                                                                        j+=j<i?0:1;
                                                                                        // create an iterable of size n
                                                                                        return new int[n]
                                                                                        // iterate over it with index k
                                                                                        .Select((_,k)=>(char)(
                                                                                        // return the letter
                                                                                        i==k?c:
                                                                                        // return the number
                                                                                        j==k&i>0?i+49:
                                                                                        // return a random letter
                                                                                        r.Next(26)+97)
                                                                                        );
                                                                                        });
                                                                                        }





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                                                                                          1












                                                                                          1








                                                                                          1





                                                                                          $begingroup$


                                                                                          C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 171 bytes





                                                                                          s=>n=>{var r=new Random();return s.SelectMany(c=>{int i=r.Next(n),j=r.Next(n-1);j+=j<i?0:1;return new int[n].Select((_,k)=>(char)(i==k?c:j==k&i>0?i+49:r.Next(26)+97));});}


                                                                                          Try it online!



                                                                                          Explanation...



                                                                                          // s is the input string
                                                                                          // n is the input length
                                                                                          s=>n=>{
                                                                                          // we need to create an instance
                                                                                          // of Random and use throughout
                                                                                          var r=new Random();
                                                                                          // iterate over s, each iteration
                                                                                          // returns an array... flatten it
                                                                                          return s.SelectMany(c=>{
                                                                                          // i is the position of the letter
                                                                                          // j is the position of the number
                                                                                          int i=r.Next(n), j=r.Next(n-1);
                                                                                          // ensure i and j are different
                                                                                          j+=j<i?0:1;
                                                                                          // create an iterable of size n
                                                                                          return new int[n]
                                                                                          // iterate over it with index k
                                                                                          .Select((_,k)=>(char)(
                                                                                          // return the letter
                                                                                          i==k?c:
                                                                                          // return the number
                                                                                          j==k&i>0?i+49:
                                                                                          // return a random letter
                                                                                          r.Next(26)+97)
                                                                                          );
                                                                                          });
                                                                                          }





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                                                                                          C# (Visual C# Interactive Compiler), 171 bytes





                                                                                          s=>n=>{var r=new Random();return s.SelectMany(c=>{int i=r.Next(n),j=r.Next(n-1);j+=j<i?0:1;return new int[n].Select((_,k)=>(char)(i==k?c:j==k&i>0?i+49:r.Next(26)+97));});}


                                                                                          Try it online!



                                                                                          Explanation...



                                                                                          // s is the input string
                                                                                          // n is the input length
                                                                                          s=>n=>{
                                                                                          // we need to create an instance
                                                                                          // of Random and use throughout
                                                                                          var r=new Random();
                                                                                          // iterate over s, each iteration
                                                                                          // returns an array... flatten it
                                                                                          return s.SelectMany(c=>{
                                                                                          // i is the position of the letter
                                                                                          // j is the position of the number
                                                                                          int i=r.Next(n), j=r.Next(n-1);
                                                                                          // ensure i and j are different
                                                                                          j+=j<i?0:1;
                                                                                          // create an iterable of size n
                                                                                          return new int[n]
                                                                                          // iterate over it with index k
                                                                                          .Select((_,k)=>(char)(
                                                                                          // return the letter
                                                                                          i==k?c:
                                                                                          // return the number
                                                                                          j==k&i>0?i+49:
                                                                                          // return a random letter
                                                                                          r.Next(26)+97)
                                                                                          );
                                                                                          });
                                                                                          }






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                                                                                          edited Dec 16 '18 at 0:24

























                                                                                          answered Dec 14 '18 at 6:22









                                                                                          danadana

                                                                                          73145




                                                                                          73145























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                                                                                              Charcoal, 35 30 bytes



                                                                                              NθFS«≔‽θη≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζFθ≡κζIηηι‽β


                                                                                              Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. 0-indexed. Explanation:



                                                                                              Nθ


                                                                                              Input the length.



                                                                                              FS«


                                                                                              Input the word and loop over the characters.



                                                                                              ≔‽θη


                                                                                              Choose a random position for the deciphered letter.



                                                                                              ≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζ


                                                                                              Choose a different random position for the digit, unless the letter is at position 0, in which case put the digit at position 0 as well.



                                                                                              Fθ≡κ


                                                                                              Loop once for each output character and switch on the position.



                                                                                              ζIη


                                                                                              If this is the position of the digit then output the position of the deciphered letter.



                                                                                              ηι


                                                                                              But if this is the position of the deciphered letter then output the letter. This takes precedence over the position of the digit because Charcoal takes the last entry if multiple switch cases have the same value.



                                                                                              ‽β


                                                                                              Otherwise output a random letter.






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                                                                                                1












                                                                                                $begingroup$


                                                                                                Charcoal, 35 30 bytes



                                                                                                NθFS«≔‽θη≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζFθ≡κζIηηι‽β


                                                                                                Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. 0-indexed. Explanation:



                                                                                                Nθ


                                                                                                Input the length.



                                                                                                FS«


                                                                                                Input the word and loop over the characters.



                                                                                                ≔‽θη


                                                                                                Choose a random position for the deciphered letter.



                                                                                                ≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζ


                                                                                                Choose a different random position for the digit, unless the letter is at position 0, in which case put the digit at position 0 as well.



                                                                                                Fθ≡κ


                                                                                                Loop once for each output character and switch on the position.



                                                                                                ζIη


                                                                                                If this is the position of the digit then output the position of the deciphered letter.



                                                                                                ηι


                                                                                                But if this is the position of the deciphered letter then output the letter. This takes precedence over the position of the digit because Charcoal takes the last entry if multiple switch cases have the same value.



                                                                                                ‽β


                                                                                                Otherwise output a random letter.






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                                                                                                  1












                                                                                                  1








                                                                                                  1





                                                                                                  $begingroup$


                                                                                                  Charcoal, 35 30 bytes



                                                                                                  NθFS«≔‽θη≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζFθ≡κζIηηι‽β


                                                                                                  Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. 0-indexed. Explanation:



                                                                                                  Nθ


                                                                                                  Input the length.



                                                                                                  FS«


                                                                                                  Input the word and loop over the characters.



                                                                                                  ≔‽θη


                                                                                                  Choose a random position for the deciphered letter.



                                                                                                  ≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζ


                                                                                                  Choose a different random position for the digit, unless the letter is at position 0, in which case put the digit at position 0 as well.



                                                                                                  Fθ≡κ


                                                                                                  Loop once for each output character and switch on the position.



                                                                                                  ζIη


                                                                                                  If this is the position of the digit then output the position of the deciphered letter.



                                                                                                  ηι


                                                                                                  But if this is the position of the deciphered letter then output the letter. This takes precedence over the position of the digit because Charcoal takes the last entry if multiple switch cases have the same value.



                                                                                                  ‽β


                                                                                                  Otherwise output a random letter.






                                                                                                  share|improve this answer











                                                                                                  $endgroup$




                                                                                                  Charcoal, 35 30 bytes



                                                                                                  NθFS«≔‽θη≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζFθ≡κζIηηι‽β


                                                                                                  Try it online! Link is to verbose version of code. 0-indexed. Explanation:



                                                                                                  Nθ


                                                                                                  Input the length.



                                                                                                  FS«


                                                                                                  Input the word and loop over the characters.



                                                                                                  ≔‽θη


                                                                                                  Choose a random position for the deciphered letter.



                                                                                                  ≔∧η‽Φθ⁻κηζ


                                                                                                  Choose a different random position for the digit, unless the letter is at position 0, in which case put the digit at position 0 as well.



                                                                                                  Fθ≡κ


                                                                                                  Loop once for each output character and switch on the position.



                                                                                                  ζIη


                                                                                                  If this is the position of the digit then output the position of the deciphered letter.



                                                                                                  ηι


                                                                                                  But if this is the position of the deciphered letter then output the letter. This takes precedence over the position of the digit because Charcoal takes the last entry if multiple switch cases have the same value.



                                                                                                  ‽β


                                                                                                  Otherwise output a random letter.







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                                                                                                  edited Dec 16 '18 at 1:16

























                                                                                                  answered Dec 3 '18 at 22:35









                                                                                                  NeilNeil

                                                                                                  79.9k744178




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