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Randomly pick an array element with weighted chances
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function pickWeighted(array) { | |
var n = Math.random(), | |
totalChances = 0, | |
total = 0, | |
result; | |
array = array.map(function(row) { | |
var min, max; | |
var chance = typeof row == 'object' || typeof row == 'function' ? row.chance : 1; | |
if (chance) { | |
min = totalChances; | |
max = totalChances + chance; | |
totalChances += chance; | |
} else { | |
min = max = -1; | |
} | |
return { | |
min: min, | |
max: max, | |
value: typeof row == 'object' || typeof row == 'function' ? row.value : row | |
}; | |
}); | |
for(var c in array) { | |
var row = array[c]; | |
if ((row.min / totalChances) <= n && (row.max / totalChances) > n) { | |
return row.value; | |
break; | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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/* Basic Usage: */ | |
pickWeighted([1,2,3]) | |
// => 2 | |
pickWeighted([1,2,3]) | |
// => 3 | |
pickWeighted([1,2,3]) | |
// => 2 | |
pickWeighted([1,2,3]) | |
// => 1 | |
/* Weighted Usage: */ | |
pickWeighted([ | |
{chance: 0.1, value: 1}, | |
{chance: 0.5, value: 2}, | |
{chance: 0.4, value: 3}, | |
]); | |
// => 2 | |
pickWeighted([ | |
{chance: 0.1, value: 1}, | |
{chance: 0.5, value: 2}, | |
{chance: 0.4, value: 3}, | |
]); | |
// => 3 | |
pickWeighted([ | |
{chance: 0.1, value: 1}, | |
{chance: 0.5, value: 2}, | |
{chance: 0.4, value: 3}, | |
]); | |
// => 2 |
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