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I think the below is functionally the same as yours:

#!perl -l my %weights=(a=>1,b=>2,c=>3); my $max=0; my @values=map { my $range=[ $max, $max+$weights{$_}, $_ ]; $max+=$weights{$_}; $range } keys %weights; foreach (1..100) { my $r=rand($max); $_->[0]<=$r and $r<$_->[1] and print $_->[-1] foreach @values; }

You could binsearch the list instead of linsearching it for a bit of speed up.


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demerphq

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In reply to Re: Weighted random numbers generator by demerphq
in thread Weighted random numbers generator by spurperl

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