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chooseWithChance.cs - Choose a random member of a set with a given chance of selection.
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public static Random random = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond); | |
public int chooseWithChance(params int[] args) | |
{ | |
/* | |
* This method takes number of chances and randomly chooses | |
* one of them considering their chance to be choosen. | |
* e.g. | |
* chooseWithChance(1,99) will most probably (%99) return 1 since index of 99 is 1 | |
* chooseWithChance(99,1) will most probably (%99) return 0 since index of 99 is 0 | |
* chooseWithChance(0,100) will always return 1. | |
* chooseWithChance(10,10,80) will most probably (%80) return 2 since index of 80 is 2 | |
*/ | |
int argCount = args.Length; | |
int sumOfChances = 0; | |
for (int i = 0; i < argCount; i++) { | |
sumOfChances += args[i]; | |
} | |
double randomDouble = random.NextDouble() * sumOfChances; | |
while (sumOfChances > randomDouble) | |
{ | |
sumOfChances -= args[argCount -1]; | |
argCount--; | |
} | |
return argCount-1; | |
} |
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