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Add weighted random choice to random package #66247

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dkorchem mannequin opened this issue Jul 23, 2014 · 2 comments
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Add weighted random choice to random package #66247

dkorchem mannequin opened this issue Jul 23, 2014 · 2 comments
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dkorchem mannequin commented Jul 23, 2014

BPO 22048
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  • bpo-18844: allow weights in random.choice
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    dkorchem mannequin commented Jul 23, 2014

    Need to have a function for weighted randomization:

    given a dictionary: key -> weight (= non-negative number), return a key of the dictionary with the probability proportional to its weight. This capability is basic and is badly missing.

    @dkorchem dkorchem mannequin added the stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir label Jul 23, 2014
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    Duplicate of bpo-18844.

    @ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
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