Shuffle I by mbostock

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

.line {
  stroke: #000;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
  stroke-linecap: round;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>

var n = 200,
    array = d3.range(n),
    swaps = shuffle(array.slice()).reverse();

var margin = {top: 230, right: 40, bottom: 230, left: 40},
    width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

var x = d3.scale.ordinal()
    .domain(d3.range(n))
    .rangePoints([0, width]);

var a = d3.scale.linear()
    .domain([0, n - 1])
    .range([-45, 45]);

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
    .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

var line = svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "line")
  .selectAll("line")
    .data(array)
  .enter().append("line")
    .attr("transform", transform)
    .attr("y2", -height);

var transition = d3.transition()
    .duration(150)
    .each("start", function start() {
      var swap = swaps.pop(),
          i = swap[0],
          j = swap[1],
          li = line[0][i],
          lj = line[0][j];
      line[0][i] = lj;
      line[0][j] = li;
      transition.each(function() { line.transition().attr("transform", transform); });
      if (swaps.length) transition = transition.transition().each("start", start);
    });

function transform(d, i) {
  return "translate(" + x(i) + "," + height + ")rotate(" + a(d) + ")";
}

function shuffle(array) {
  var swaps = [],
      m = array.length,
      t,
      i;

  while (m) {
    i = Math.floor(Math.random() * m--);
    t = array[m];
    array[m] = array[i];
    array[i] = t;
    swaps.push([i, m]);
  }

  return swaps;
}

</script>