function a_db = shufflerows(db, tests, grouped)
% shufflerows - Returns a db with rows of given test columns are shuffled.
%
% Usage:
% s = shufflerows(db, tests, grouped)
%
% Description:
% Can be used for shuffle prediction. Basically, shuffle rows of tests and rerun
% high order analyses.
%
% Parameters:
% db: A tests_db object.
% tests: Tests to shuffle.
% grouped: If 1 then shuffle tests all together,
% if 0 shuffle each test separately (default=0).
%
% Returns:
% a_db: The shuffled db.
%
% See also: tests_db
%
% $Id$
%
% Author: Cengiz Gunay <cgunay@emory.edu>, 2004/11/10
% Copyright (c) 2007 Cengiz Gunay <cengique@users.sf.net>.
% This work is licensed under the Academic Free License ("AFL")
% v. 3.0. To view a copy of this license, please look at the COPYING
% file distributed with this software or visit
% http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php.
if ~ exist('grouped', 'var')
grouped = 0;
end
cols = tests2cols(db, tests);
num_rows = dbsize(db, 1);
data = get(db, 'data');
if grouped == 1
data(:, cols, 1) = data(randperm(num_rows)', cols, 1);
else
for col_num = cols
data(:, col_num, 1) = data(randperm(num_rows)', col_num, 1);
end
end
a_db = set(db, 'data', data);