// This program will scramble the value of the "word" variable
// Mr. Merlis | March 23, 2006


import java.util.Random;

public class StringTest
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String word = "lefty";
        System.out.println("Your word is: " + word);
        char[] letters = new char[word.length()];
        Random rand = new Random();
        int ranPos = 0;
        
        for(int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++)
        {
            letters[i] = '*';
        }
        
        
        for(int j = 0; j < word.length(); j++)
        {
            do
            {
                ranPos = rand.nextInt(letters.length);
            }while(letters[ranPos] != '*'); 
        
            letters[ranPos] = word.charAt(j);   // returns the letter in the jth position
        
        }
        
        String scrambledWord = new String(letters);
        System.out.println("Scrambled it is: " + scrambledWord);
    }
}