Generate non-repeating, no sequential numbers

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Published on 2010-04-10T08:42:40Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 8:53 UTC
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how does one use code to do this:

produce 15 random numbers that are not in any order, and that only occur once eg.

1 4, 2, 5, 3, 6, 8, 7, 9, 10, 13, 12, 15, 14, 11

rand() or arc4rand() can repeat some, which is not what im after.

Thanks

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