This F-Y shuffles the string in-place avoiding the split and join. It might be a bit more efficient, but I haven't benchmarked it.
#! perl -slw
use strict;
sub shuffleStr {
my $len = length $_[0];
my ($tmp, $n);
$n = $_+rand($len-$_)
, $tmp = substr( $_[0], $_, 1)
, substr( $_[0], $_, 1) = substr( $_[0], $n , 1)
, substr( $_[0], $n , 1) = $tmp
for 0 .. $len;
$_[0];
}
my $string = 'the quick brown fox';
print shuffleStr($string) for 1..10;
__END__
C:\test>227145
wconbex ftkuoiqhr
xhe kbquio nfwo tcr
xen iu kwoq rtobhcf
h ftcx wikboqnreou
eoqkxhitfwun ocrb
tbikr nuoqofwxh c e
rhtwi efuc kxobnq o
noit oquxhke bwcfr
qruwoox eftnih kcb
oo qwnfet bcxurih k
C:\test>
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