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
< Elian> And I do take a kind of perverse pleasure in having an OO assembly language...
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