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Description
- Description:
- Returns a random element from the given array according to assigned weights. Engine solution to BIS_fnc_selectRandomWeighted. A few notes:
- Negative weights are not supported
- If an item's weight is 0, the item is ignored
- The weights don't have to total to 1
- If numbers of items and weights do not match, the shortest array is used
- A single array Syntax is slightly faster than Alt Syntax
- Groups:
- Arrays
Syntax
- Syntax:
- selectRandomWeighted valuesAndWeights
- Parameters:
- valuesAndWeights: Array - array in format [value1, weight1, value2, weight2, ...], where:
- value: Anything - weighted value
- weight: Number - values relative weight
- Return Value:
- Anything - random weighted value or Nothing if array is empty or all weights are 0
- Syntax:
- values selectRandomWeighted weights
- Parameters:
- values: Array of Anything
- weights: Array of Numbers
- Return Value:
- Anything - random weighted value or Nothing if any of arrays is empty or all weights are 0
Examples
- Example 1:
- Example 2:
Additional Information
- See also:
- random select selectRandom selectMin selectMax
Notes
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- Killzone_Kid - c
- Posted on Jun 26, 2017 - 19:17 (UTC)
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A 100000 runs of the following code:
Gave this result:
0 - 0
0.01 - 144
0.09 - 1409
0.109 - 1633
0.55 - 8673
0.65 - 10127
1.01 - 15668
1.15 - 18059
1.24 - 19518
1.59 - 24769