Task: Card shuffles
C++: #include <time.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <deque>


class riffle
{
public:
    void shuffle( std::deque<int>* v, int tm )
    {
        std::deque<int> tmp;
	bool fl;
	size_t len;
	std::deque<int>::iterator it;

	copyTo( v, &tmp );

	for( int t = 0; t < tm; t++ )
	{
	    std::deque<int> lHand( rand() % ( tmp.size() / 3 ) + ( tmp.size() >> 1 ) ), rHand( tmp.size() - lHand.size() );

	    std::copy( tmp.begin(), tmp.begin() + lHand.size(), lHand.begin() );
	    std::copy( tmp.begin() + lHand.size(), tmp.end(), rHand.begin() );
	    tmp.clear();

	    while( lHand.size() && rHand.size() )
	    {
		fl = rand() % 10 < 5;
		if( fl )
    		    len = 1 + lHand.size() > 3 ? rand() % 3 + 1 : rand() % ( lHand.size() ) + 1;
		else
		    len = 1 + rHand.size() > 3 ? rand() % 3 + 1 : rand() % ( rHand.size() ) + 1;

		while( len )
		{
		    if( fl ) 
		    {
			tmp.push_front( *lHand.begin() );
			lHand.erase( lHand.begin() );
		    }
		    else 
		    {
			tmp.push_front( *rHand.begin() );
			rHand.erase( rHand.begin() );
		    }
		    len--;
		}
	    }

	    if( lHand.size() < 1 ) 
	    {
		for( std::deque<int>::iterator x = rHand.begin(); x != rHand.end(); x++ )
		    tmp.push_front( *x );
	    }
	    if( rHand.size() < 1 ) 
	    {
		for( std::deque<int>::iterator x = lHand.begin(); x != lHand.end(); x++ )
		    tmp.push_front( *x );
	    }
	}
	copyTo( &tmp, v );
    }
private:
    void copyTo( std::deque<int>* a, std::deque<int>* b )
    {
	for( std::deque<int>::iterator x = a->begin(); x != a->end(); x++ )
	    b->push_back( *x );
	a->clear();
    }
};

class overhand
{
public:
    void shuffle( std::deque<int>* v, int tm )
    {
	std::deque<int> tmp;
	bool top;
	for( int t = 0; t < tm; t++ )
	{
	    while( v->size() )
	    {
		size_t len = rand() % ( v->size() ) + 1;
		top = rand() % 10 < 5;
		while( len )
		{
		    if( top ) tmp.push_back( *v->begin() );
		    else tmp.push_front( *v->begin() );
		    v->erase( v->begin() );
		    len--;
		}
	    }
	    for( std::deque<int>::iterator x = tmp.begin(); x != tmp.end(); x++ )
		v->push_back( *x );

	    tmp.clear();
	}
    }
};


std::deque<int> cards;

void fill()
{
    cards.clear();
    for( int x = 0; x < 20; x++ )
	cards.push_back( x + 1 );
}

void display( std::string t )
{
    std::cout << t << "\n";
    for( std::deque<int>::iterator x = cards.begin(); x != cards.end(); x++ )
	std::cout << *x << " ";
    std::cout << "\n\n";
}

int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
    srand( static_cast<unsigned>( time( NULL ) ) );
    riffle r; overhand o;	

    fill(); r.shuffle( &cards, 10 ); display( "RIFFLE" );
    fill(); o.shuffle( &cards, 10 ); display( "OVERHAND" );
    fill(); std::random_shuffle( cards.begin(), cards.end() ); display( "STD SHUFFLE" );

    return 0;
}

Python: import random

def riffleShuffle(va, flips):
    nl = va
    for n in range(flips):
        
        cutPoint = len(nl)/2 + random.choice([-1, 1]) * random.randint(0, len(va)/10)

        
        left = nl[0:cutPoint]
        right = nl[cutPoint:]

        del nl[:]
        while (len(left) > 0 and len(right) > 0):
            
            
            
            if (random.uniform(0, 1) >= len(left) / len(right) / 2):
                nl.append(right.pop(0))
            else:
                nl.append(left.pop(0))
        if (len(left) > 0):
            nl = nl + left
        if (len(right) > 0):
            nl = nl + right
    return nl

def overhandShuffle(va, passes):
    mainHand = va
    for n in range(passes):
        otherHand = []
        while (len(mainHand) > 0):
            
            cutSize = random.randint(0, len(va) / 5) + 1
            temp = []

            
            i=0
            while (i<cutSize and len(mainHand) > 0):
                temp.append(mainHand.pop(0))
                i = i + 1

            
            if (random.uniform(0, 1) >= 0.1):
                
                otherHand = temp + otherHand
            else:
                otherHand = otherHand + temp
        
        mainHand = otherHand
    return mainHand

print "Riffle shuffle"
nums = [x+1 for x in range(21)]
print nums
print riffleShuffle(nums, 10)
print

print "Riffle shuffle"
nums = [x+1 for x in range(21)]
print nums
print riffleShuffle(nums, 1)
print

print "Overhand shuffle"
nums = [x+1 for x in range(21)]
print nums
print overhandShuffle(nums, 10)
print

print "Overhand shuffle"
nums = [x+1 for x in range(21)]
print nums
print overhandShuffle(nums, 1)
print

print "Library shuffle"
nums = [x+1 for x in range(21)]
print nums
random.shuffle(nums)
print nums
print