Probabilistic choice

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Task
Probabilistic choice
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

Given a mapping between items and their required probability of occurrence, generate a million items randomly subject to the given probabilities and compare the target probability of occurrence versus the generated values.

The total of all the probabilities should equal one. (Because floating point arithmetic is involved, this is subject to rounding errors).

Use the following mapping to test your programs:

aleph   1/5.0
beth    1/6.0
gimel   1/7.0
daleth  1/8.0
he      1/9.0
waw     1/10.0
zayin   1/11.0
heth    1759/27720 # adjusted so that probabilities add to 1
Related task



Ada

<lang ada>with Ada.Numerics.Float_Random; use Ada.Numerics.Float_Random; with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;

procedure Random_Distribution is

  Trials : constant := 1_000_000;
  type Outcome is (Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, He, Waw, Zayin, Heth);
  Pr : constant array (Outcome) of Uniformly_Distributed :=
       (1.0/5.0, 1.0/6.0, 1.0/7.0, 1.0/8.0, 1.0/9.0, 1.0/10.0, 1.0/11.0, 1.0);
  Samples : array (Outcome) of Natural := (others => 0);
  Value   : Uniformly_Distributed;
  Dice    : Generator;

begin

  for Try in 1..Trials loop
     Value := Random (Dice);
     for I in Pr'Range loop
        if Value <= Pr (I) then
           Samples (I) := Samples (I) + 1;
           exit;
        else
           Value := Value - Pr (I);
        end if;
     end loop;
  end loop;
     -- Printing the results
  for I in Pr'Range loop
     Put (Outcome'Image (I) & Character'Val (9));
     Put (Float'Image (Float (Samples (I)) / Float (Trials)) & Character'Val (9));
     if I = Heth then
        Put_Line (" rest");
     else
        Put_Line (Uniformly_Distributed'Image (Pr (I)));
     end if;
  end loop;

end Random_Distribution;</lang> Sample output:

ALEPH    2.00167E-01     2.00000E-01
BETH     1.67212E-01     1.66667E-01
GIMEL    1.42290E-01     1.42857E-01
DALETH   1.24186E-01     1.25000E-01
HE       1.11455E-01     1.11111E-01
WAW      1.00325E-01     1.00000E-01
ZAYIN    9.10220E-02     9.09091E-02
HETH     6.33430E-02     rest

ALGOL 68

Translation of: C
Works with: ALGOL 68 version Revision 1 - no extensions to language used
Works with: ALGOL 68G version Any - tested with release 1.18.0-9h.tiny

<lang algol68>INT trials = 1 000 000;

MODE LREAL = LONG REAL;

MODE ITEM = STRUCT(

 STRING name,
 INT prob count,
 LREAL expect,
       mapping

); INT col width = 9; FORMAT real repr = $g(-col width+1, 6)$,

      item repr = $"Name: "g", Prob count: "g(0)", Expect: "f(real repr)", Mapping: ", f(real repr)l$;

[8]ITEM items := (

 ( "aleph",  0, ~, ~ ),
 ( "beth",   0, ~, ~ ),
 ( "gimel",  0, ~, ~ ),
 ( "daleth", 0, ~, ~ ),
 ( "he",     0, ~, ~ ),
 ( "waw",    0, ~, ~ ),
 ( "zayin",  0, ~, ~ ),
 ( "heth",   0, ~, ~ )

);

main: (

 LREAL offset = 5; # const #
  1. initialise items #
 LREAL total sum := 0;
 FOR i FROM LWB items TO UPB items - 1 DO
   expect OF items[i] := 1/(i-1+offset);
   total sum +:= expect OF items[i]
 OD;
 expect OF items[UPB items] := 1 - total sum;
 mapping OF items[LWB items] := expect OF items[LWB items];
 FOR i FROM LWB items + 1 TO UPB items DO
   mapping OF items[i] := mapping OF items[i-1] + expect OF items[i]
 OD;
 # printf((item repr, items)) #
  1. perform the sampling #
 PROC sample = (REF[]LREAL mapping)INT:(
   INT out;
   LREAL rand real = random;
   FOR j FROM LWB items TO UPB items DO
     IF rand real < mapping[j] THEN
       out := j;

done

     FI
   OD;
   done: out
 );
 FOR i TO trials DO
     prob count OF items[sample(mapping OF items)] +:= 1
 OD;
 FORMAT indent = $17k$;
  1. print the results #
 printf(($"Trials: "g(0)l$, trials));
 printf(($"Items:"$,indent));
 FOR i FROM LWB items TO UPB items DO printf(($gn(col width)k" "$, name OF items[i])) OD;
 printf(($l"Target prob.:"$, indent, $f(real repr)" "$, expect OF items));
 printf(($l"Attained prob.:"$, indent));
 FOR i FROM LWB items TO UPB items DO printf(($f(real repr)" "$, prob count OF items[i]/trials)) OD;
 printf($l$)

)</lang> Sample output:

Trials: 1000000
Items:          aleph    beth     gimel    daleth   he       waw      zayin    heth     
Target prob.:   0.200000 0.166667 0.142857 0.125000 0.111111 0.100000 0.090909 0.063456 
Attained prob.: 0.199987 0.166917 0.142531 0.124203 0.111338 0.099702 0.091660 0.063662 

AutoHotkey

contributed by Laszlo on the ahk forum <lang AutoHotkey>s1 := "aleph", p1 := 1/5.0  ; Input s2 := "beth", p2 := 1/6.0 s3 := "gimel", p3 := 1/7.0 s4 := "daleth", p4 := 1/8.0 s5 := "he", p5 := 1/9.0 s6 := "waw", p6 := 1/10.0 s7 := "zayin", p7 := 1/11.0 s8 := "heth", p8 := 1-p1-p2-p3-p4-p5-p6-p7 n := 8, r0 := 0, r%n% := 1  ; auxiliary data

Loop % n-1

  i := A_Index-1, r%A_Index% := r%i% + p%A_Index% ; cummulative distribution

Loop 1000000 {

  Random R, 0, 1.0
  Loop %n%                                        ; linear search
     If (R < r%A_Index%) {
         c%A_Index%++
         Break
     }

}

                                                  ; Output

Loop %n%

  t .= s%A_Index% "`t" p%A_Index% "`t" c%A_Index%*1.0e-6 "`n"

Msgbox %t%

/* output:


aleph 0.200000 0.199960 beth 0.166667 0.166146 gimel 0.142857 0.142624 daleth 0.125000 0.124924 he 0.111111 0.111226 waw 0.100000 0.100434 zayin 0.090909 0.091344 heth 0.063456 0.063342


  • /</lang>

AWK

<lang awk>#!/usr/bin/awk -f

BEGIN {

   ITERATIONS = 1000000
   delete symbMap
   delete probMap
   delete counts
   initData();
   for (i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
       distribute(rand())
   }
   showDistributions()
   exit

}

function distribute(rnd, cnt, symNum, sym, symPrb) {

   cnt = length(symbMap)
   for (symNum = 1; symNum <= cnt; symNum++) {
       sym = symbMap[symNum];
       symPrb = probMap[sym];
       rnd -= symPrb;
       if (rnd <= 0) {
           counts[sym]++
           return;
       }
   }

}

function showDistributions( s, sym, prb, actSum, expSum, totItr) {

   actSum = 0.0
   expSum = 0.0
   totItr = 0
   printf "%-7s  %-7s  %-5s  %-5s\n", "symb", "num.", "act.", "expt."
   print  "-------  -------  -----  -----"
   for (s = 1; s <= length(symbMap); s++) {
       sym = symbMap[s]
       prb = counts[sym]/ITERATIONS
       actSum += prb
       expSum += probMap[sym]
       totItr += counts[sym]
       printf "%-7s  %7d  %1.3f  %1.3f\n", sym, counts[sym], prb, probMap[sym]
   }
   print  "-------  -------  -----  -----"
   printf "Totals:  %7d  %1.3f  %1.3f\n", totItr, actSum, expSum

}

function initData( sym) {

   srand()
   
   probMap["aleph"]  = 1.0 / 5.0
   probMap["beth"]   = 1.0 / 6.0
   probMap["gimel"]  = 1.0 / 7.0
   probMap["daleth"] = 1.0 / 8.0
   probMap["he"]     = 1.0 / 9.0
   probMap["waw"]    = 1.0 / 10.0
   probMap["zyin"]   = 1.0 / 11.0
   probMap["heth"]   = 1759.0 / 27720.0
   
   symbMap[1] = "aleph"
   symbMap[2] = "beth"
   symbMap[3] = "gimel"
   symbMap[4] = "daleth"
   symbMap[5] = "he"
   symbMap[6] = "waw"
   symbMap[7] = "zyin"
   symbMap[8] = "heth"
   
   for (sym in probMap)
       counts[sym] = 0;

} </lang>

Example output:

symb     num.     act.   expt.
-------  -------  -----  -----
aleph     200598  0.201  0.200
beth      166317  0.166  0.167
gimel     142391  0.142  0.143
daleth    125051  0.125  0.125
he        110658  0.111  0.111
waw       100464  0.100  0.100
zyin       90649  0.091  0.091
heth       63872  0.064  0.063
-------  -------  -----  -----
Totals:  1000000  1.000  1.000

Rounding off makes the results look perfect.

BBC BASIC

<lang bbcbasic> DIM item$(7), prob(7), cnt%(7)

     item$() = "aleph","beth","gimel","daleth","he","waw","zayin","heth"
     prob()  = 1/5.0, 1/6.0, 1/7.0, 1/8.0, 1/9.0, 1/10.0, 1/11.0, 1759/27720
     IF ABS(SUM(prob())-1) > 1E-6 ERROR 100, "Probabilities don't sum to 1"
     
     FOR trial% = 1 TO 1E6
       r = RND(1)
       p = 0
       FOR i% = 0 TO DIM(prob(),1)
         p += prob(i%)
         IF r < p cnt%(i%) += 1 : EXIT FOR
       NEXT
     NEXT
     
     @% = &2060A
     PRINT "Item        actual    theoretical"
     FOR i% = 0 TO DIM(item$(),1)
       PRINT item$(i%), cnt%(i%)/1E6, prob(i%)
     NEXT</lang>

Output:

Item        actual    theoretical
aleph       0.200306  0.200000
beth        0.165963  0.166667
gimel       0.143089  0.142857
daleth      0.125387  0.125000
he          0.111057  0.111111
waw         0.100098  0.100000
zayin       0.091031  0.090909
heth        0.063069  0.063456

C

<lang c>#include <stdio.h>

  1. include <stdlib.h>

/* pick a random index from 0 to n-1, according to probablities listed

  in p[] which is assumed to have a sum of 1. The values in the probablity
  list matters up to the point where the sum goes over 1 */

int rand_idx(double *p, int n) { double s = rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0); int i; for (i = 0; i < n - 1 && (s -= p[i]) >= 0; i++); return i; }

  1. define LEN 8
  2. define N 1000000

int main() { const char *names[LEN] = { "aleph", "beth", "gimel", "daleth", "he", "waw", "zayin", "heth" }; double s, p[LEN] = { 1./5, 1./6, 1./7, 1./8, 1./9, 1./10, 1./11, 1e300 }; int i, count[LEN] = {0};

for (i = 0; i < N; i++) count[rand_idx(p, LEN)] ++;

printf(" Name Count Ratio Expected\n"); for (i = 0, s = 1; i < LEN; s -= p[i++]) printf("%6s%7d %7.4f%% %7.4f%%\n", names[i], count[i], (double)count[i] / N * 100, ((i < LEN - 1) ? p[i] : s) * 100);

return 0; }</lang>output<lang> Name Count Ratio Expected

aleph 199928 19.9928% 20.0000%
 beth 166489 16.6489% 16.6667%
gimel 143211 14.3211% 14.2857%

daleth 125257 12.5257% 12.5000%

   he 110849 11.0849% 11.1111%
  waw  99935  9.9935% 10.0000%
zayin  91001  9.1001%  9.0909%
 heth  63330  6.3330%  6.3456%</lang>

C#

Translation of: Java

<lang csharp> using System;

class Program {

   static long TRIALS = 1000000L;
   private class Expv
   {
       public string name;
       public int probcount;
       public double expect;
       public double mapping;
       public Expv(string name, int probcount, double expect, double mapping)
       {
           this.name = name;
           this.probcount = probcount;
           this.expect = expect;
           this.mapping = mapping;
       }
   }
   static Expv[] items = {
       new Expv("aleph", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("beth", 0, 0.0, 0.0),
       new Expv("gimel", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("daleth", 0, 0.0, 0.0),

new Expv("he", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("waw", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("zayin", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("heth", 0, 0.0, 0.0)

   };
   static void Main(string[] args)
   {
       double rnum, tsum = 0.0;
       Random random = new Random();
       for (int i = 0, rnum = 5.0; i < 7; i++, rnum += 1.0)
       {
           items[i].expect = 1.0 / rnum;
           tsum += items[i].expect;
       }
       items[7].expect = 1.0 - tsum;
       items[0].mapping = 1.0 / 5.0;
       for (int i = 1; i < 7; i++)
           items[i].mapping = items[i - 1].mapping + 1.0 / ((double)i + 5.0);
       items[7].mapping = 1.0;
       for (int i = 0; i < TRIALS; i++)
       {
           rnum = random.NextDouble();
           for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++)
               if (rnum < items[j].mapping)
               {
                   items[j].probcount++;
                   break;
               }
       }
       Console.WriteLine("Trials: {0}", TRIALS);
       Console.Write("Items:          ");
       for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
           Console.Write(items[i].name.PadRight(9));
       Console.WriteLine();
       Console.Write("Target prob.:   ");
       for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
           Console.Write("{0:0.000000} ", items[i].expect);
       Console.WriteLine();
       Console.Write("Attained prob.: ");
       for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
           Console.Write("{0:0.000000} ", (double)items[i].probcount / (double)TRIALS);
       Console.WriteLine();
   }

} </lang>

Output:

Trials: 1000000
Items:          aleph    beth     gimel    daleth   he       waw      zayin    heth
Target prob.:   0.200000 0.166667 0.142857 0.125000 0.111111 0.100000 0.090909 0.063456
Attained prob.: 0.199975 0.166460 0.142290 0.125510 0.111374 0.100018 0.090746 0.063627

C++

<lang cpp>#include <cstdlib>

  1. include <iostream>
  2. include <vector>
  3. include <utility>
  4. include <algorithm>
  5. include <ctime>
  6. include <iomanip>

int main( ) {

  typedef std::vector<std::pair<std::string, double> >::const_iterator SPI ;
  typedef std::vector<std::pair<std::string , double> > ProbType ;
  ProbType probabilities ;
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "aleph" , 1/5.0 ) ) ; 
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "beth" , 1/6.0 ) ) ;
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "gimel" , 1/7.0 ) ) ;
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "daleth" , 1/8.0 ) ) ;
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "he" , 1/9.0 ) ) ;
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "waw" , 1/10.0 ) ) ;
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "zayin" , 1/11.0 ) ) ;
  probabilities.push_back( std::make_pair( "heth" , 1759/27720.0 ) ) ;
  std::vector<std::string> generated ; //for the strings that are generatod
  std::vector<int> decider ; //holds the numbers that determine the choice of letters 
  for ( int i = 0 ; i < probabilities.size( ) ; i++ ) {
     if ( i == 0 ) {

decider.push_back( 27720 * (probabilities[ i ].second) ) ;

     }
     else {

int number = 0 ; for ( int j = 0 ; j < i ; j++ ) { number += 27720 * ( probabilities[ j ].second ) ; } number += 27720 * probabilities[ i ].second ; decider.push_back( number ) ;

     }
  }
  srand( time( 0 ) ) ;
  for ( int i = 0 ; i < 1000000 ; i++ ) {
     int randnumber = rand( ) % 27721 ;
     int j = 0 ; 
     while ( randnumber > decider[ j ] ) 

j++ ;

     generated.push_back( ( probabilities[ j ]).first ) ;
  }
  std::cout << "letter  frequency attained   frequency expected\n" ;
  for ( SPI i = probabilities.begin( ) ; i != probabilities.end( ) ; i++ ) {
     std::cout << std::left << std::setw( 8 ) << i->first ;
     int found = std::count ( generated.begin( ) , generated.end( ) , i->first ) ;
     std::cout << std::left << std::setw( 21 ) << found / 1000000.0 ;
     std::cout << std::left << std::setw( 17 ) << i->second << '\n' ;
  }
  return 0 ;

}</lang> Output:

letter  frequency attained   frequency expected
aleph   0.200089             0.2              
beth    0.16695              0.166667         
gimel   0.142693             0.142857         
daleth  0.124859             0.125            
he      0.111258             0.111111         
waw     0.099665             0.1              
zayin   0.090654             0.0909091        
heth    0.063832             0.063456  

Clojure

Works by first converting the provided Probability Distribution Function into a Cumulative Distribution Function, so that it can simply scan through the CDF list and return the current item as soon as the CDF at that point is greater than the random number generated. The code could be made more concise by skipping this step and instead tracking the whole PDF for each random number; but this code is both faster and more readable.

It uses the language built-in (frequencies) to count the number of occurrences of each distinct name. Note that while we actually generate a sequence of num-trials random samples, the sequence is lazily generated and lazily consumed. This means that the program will scale to an arbitrarily-large num-trials with no ill effects, by throwing away elements it's already processed.

<lang Clojure>(defn to-cdf [pdf]

 (reduce
   (fn [acc n] (conj acc (+ (or (last acc) 0) n)))
   []
   pdf))

(defn choose [cdf]

 (let [r (rand)]
   (count
     (filter (partial > r) cdf))))

(def *names* '[aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth]) (def *pdf* (map double [1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 1759/27720]))

(let [num-trials 1000000

     cdf (to-cdf *pdf*)
     indexes (range (count *names*)) ;; use integer key internally, not name
     expected (into (sorted-map) (zipmap indexes *pdf*))
     actual (frequencies (repeatedly num-trials #(choose cdf)))]
 (doseq [[idx exp] expected]
   (println "Expected number of" (*names* idx) "was"
            (* num-trials exp) "and actually got" (actual idx))))</lang>
Expected number of aleph was 200000.0 and actually got 199300
Expected number of beth was 166666.66666666672 and actually got 166291
Expected number of gimel was 142857.1428571429 and actually got 143297
Expected number of daleth was 125000.0 and actually got 125032
Expected number of he was 111111.11111111111 and actually got 111540
Expected number of waw was 100000.0 and actually got 100062
Expected number of zayin was 90909.09090909091 and actually got 90719
Expected number of heth was 63455.98845598846 and actually got 63759

Common Lisp

This is a straightforward, if a little verbose implementation based upon the Perl one. <lang lisp>(defvar *probabilities* '((aleph 1/5)

                         (beth   1/6)
                         (gimel  1/7)
                         (daleth 1/8)
                         (he     1/9)
                         (waw    1/10)
                         (zayin  1/11)
                         (heth   1759/27720)))

(defun calculate-probabilities (choices &key (repetitions 1000000))

 (assert (= 1 (reduce #'+ choices :key #'second)))
 (labels ((make-ranges ()
            (loop for (datum probability) in choices
                  sum (coerce probability 'double-float) into total
                  collect (list datum total)))
          (pick (ranges)
            (declare (optimize (speed 3) (safety 0) (debug 0)))
            (loop with random = (random 1.0d0)
                  for (datum below) of-type (t double-float) in ranges
                  when (< random below)
                    do (return datum)))
          (populate-hash (ranges)
            (declare (optimize (speed 3) (safety 0) (debug 0)))
            (loop repeat (the fixnum repetitions)
                  with hash = (make-hash-table)
                  do (incf (the fixnum (gethash (pick ranges) hash 0)))
                  finally (return hash)))
          (make-table-data (hash)
            (loop for (datum probability) in choices
                  collect (list datum 
                                (float (/ (gethash datum hash)
                                          repetitions))
                                (float probability)))))
   (format t "Datum~10,2TOccured~20,2TExpected~%")
   (format t "~{~{~A~10,2T~F~20,2T~F~}~%~}"
                (make-table-data (populate-hash (make-ranges))))))

CL-USER> (calculate-probabilities *probabilities*) Datum Occured Expected ALEPH 0.200156 0.2 BETH 0.166521 0.16666667 GIMEL 0.142936 0.14285715 DALETH 0.124779 0.125 HE 0.111601 0.11111111 WAW 0.100068 0.1 ZAYIN 0.090458 0.09090909 HETH 0.063481 0.06345599</lang>

D

Basic Version

<lang d>void main() {

 import std.stdio, std.random, std.string, std.range;
 enum int nTrials = 1_000_000;
 const items = "aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth".split;
 const pr = [1/5., 1/6., 1/7., 1/8., 1/9., 1/10., 1/11., 1759/27720.];
 double[pr.length] counts = 0.0;
 foreach (immutable _; 0 .. nTrials)
   counts[pr.dice]++;
 writeln("Item    Target prob  Attained prob");
 foreach (name, p, co; zip(items, pr, counts[]))
   writefln("%-7s %.8f   %.8f", name, p, co / nTrials);

}</lang>

Output:
Item    Target prob  Attained prob
aleph   0.20000000   0.19964000
beth    0.16666667   0.16753600
gimel   0.14285714   0.14283300
daleth  0.12500000   0.12515400
he      0.11111111   0.11074300
waw     0.10000000   0.10025800
zayin   0.09090909   0.09070400
heth    0.06345598   0.06313200

A Faster Version

<lang d>void main() {

 import std.stdio, std.random, std.algorithm, std.range;
 enum int nTrials = 1_000_000;
 const items = "aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth".split;
 const pr = [1/5., 1/6., 1/7., 1/8., 1/9., 1/10., 1/11., 1759/27720.];
 double[pr.length] cumulatives = pr[];
 foreach (immutable i, ref c; cumulatives[1 .. $ - 1])
   c += cumulatives[i];
 cumulatives[$ - 1] = 1.0;
 double[pr.length] counts = 0.0;
 auto rnd = Xorshift(unpredictableSeed);
 foreach (immutable _; 0 .. nTrials)
   counts[cumulatives[].countUntil!(c => c >= rnd.uniform01)]++;
 writeln("Item    Target prob  Attained prob");
 foreach (name, p, co; zip(items, pr, counts[]))
   writefln("%-7s %.8f   %.8f", name, p, co / nTrials);

}</lang>

E

This implementation converts the list of probabilities to sub-intervals of [0.0,1.0), then arranges those intervals in a binary tree for searching based on a random number input.

It is rather verbose, due to using the tree rather than a linear search, and having code to print the tree (which was used to debug it).

<lang e>pragma.syntax("0.9")</lang>

First, the algorithm:

<lang e>/** Makes leaves of the binary tree */ def leaf(value) {

   return def leaf { 
       to run(_) { return value }
       to __printOn(out) { out.print("=> ", value) }
   }

} /** Makes branches of the binary tree */ def split(leastRight, left, right) {

   return def tree {
       to run(specimen) {
           return if (specimen < leastRight) {
               left(specimen)
           } else {
               right(specimen)
           }
       }
       to __printOn(out) {
           out.print("    ")
           out.indent().print(left)
           out.lnPrint("< ")
           out.print(leastRight)
           out.indent().lnPrint(right)
       }
   }

} def makeIntervalTree(assocs :List[Tuple[any, float64]]) {

   def size :int := assocs.size()
   if (size > 1) {
       def midpoint := size // 2
       return split(assocs[midpoint][1], makeIntervalTree(assocs.run(0, midpoint)),
                                         makeIntervalTree(assocs.run(midpoint)))
   } else {
       def value, _ := assocs
       return leaf(value)
   }

} def setupProbabilisticChoice(entropy, table :Map[any, float64]) {

   var cumulative := 0.0
   var intervalTable := []
   for value => probability in table {
       intervalTable with= [value, cumulative]
       cumulative += probability
   }
   def total := cumulative
   def selector := makeIntervalTree(intervalTable)
   return def probChoice {
       # Multiplying by the total helps correct for any error in the sum of the inputs
       to run() { return selector(entropy.nextDouble() * total) }
       to __printOn(out) {
           out.print("Probabilistic choice using tree:")
           out.indent().lnPrint(selector)
       }
   }

}</lang>

Then the test setup:

<lang e>def rosetta := setupProbabilisticChoice(entropy, def probTable := [

   "aleph"  => 1/5,
   "beth"   => 1/6.0,
   "gimel"  => 1/7.0,
   "daleth" => 1/8.0,
   "he"     => 1/9.0,
   "waw"    => 1/10.0,
   "zayin"  => 1/11.0,
   "heth"   => 0.063455988455988432,

])

var trials := 1000000 var timesFound := [].asMap() for i in 1..trials {

   if (i % 1000 == 0) { print(`${i//1000} `) }
   def value := rosetta()
   timesFound with= (value, timesFound.fetch(value, fn { 0 }) + 1)

} stdout.println() for item in probTable.domain() {

   stdout.print(item, "\t", timesFound[item] / trials, "\t", probTable[item], "\n")

}</lang>

Elixir

Translation of: Erlang

<lang elixir>defmodule Probabilistic do

 @tries 1000000
 @probs [aleph:  1/5,
         beth:   1/6,
         gimel:  1/7,
         daleth: 1/8,
         he:     1/9,
         waw:    1/10,
         zayin:  1/11,
         heth:   1759/27720]
 
 def test do
   trials = for _ <- 1..@tries, do: get_choice(@probs, :rand.uniform)
   IO.puts "Item      Expected   Actual"
   fmt = " ~-8s ~.6f  ~.6f~n"
   Enum.each(@probs, fn {glyph,expected} ->
     actual = length(for ^glyph <- trials, do: glyph) / @tries
     :io.format fmt, [glyph, expected, actual]
   end)
 end
 
 defp get_choice([{glyph,_}], _), do: glyph
 defp get_choice([{glyph,prob}|_], ran) when ran < prob, do: glyph
 defp get_choice([{_,prob}|t], ran), do: get_choice(t, ran - prob)

end

Probabilistic.test</lang>

Output:
Item      Expected   Actual
 aleph    0.200000  0.200676
 beth     0.166667  0.166103
 gimel    0.142857  0.142543
 daleth   0.125000  0.125055
 he       0.111111  0.111165
 waw      0.100000  0.100439
 zayin    0.090909  0.090894
 heth     0.063456  0.063125
 

Erlang

Translation of: Java

The optimized version of Java.

<lang erlang> -module(probabilistic_choice).

-export([test/0]).

-define(TRIES, 1000000).

test() -> Probs = [{aleph,1/5}, {beth,1/6}, {gimel,1/7}, {daleth,1/8}, {he,1/9}, {waw,1/10}, {zayin,1/11}, {heth,1759/27720}],

   random:seed(now()), 
   Trials = 
   	[get_choice(Probs,random:uniform()) || _ <- lists:seq(1,?TRIES)],
   [{Glyph,Expected,(length([Glyph || Glyph_ <- Trials, Glyph_ == Glyph])/?TRIES)} 
   	 || {Glyph,Expected} <- Probs].

get_choice([{Glyph,_}],_) -> Glyph; get_choice([{Glyph,Prob}|T],Ran) -> case (Ran < Prob) of true -> Glyph; false -> get_choice(T,Ran - Prob) end. </lang>

Output:

[{aleph,0.2,0.200325},
 {beth,0.16666666666666666,0.167108},
 {gimel,0.14285714285714285,0.142246},
 {daleth,0.125,0.124851},
 {he,0.1111111111111111,0.111345},
 {waw,0.1,0.099912},
 {zayin,0.09090909090909091,0.091352},
 {heth,0.06345598845598846,0.062861}]

ERRE

<lang ERRE>PROGRAM PROB_CHOICE

  DIM ITEM$[7],PROB[7],CNT[7]

BEGIN

  ITEM$[]=("aleph","beth","gimel","daleth","he","waw","zayin","heth")
  PROB[0]=1/5.0  PROB[1]=1/6.0  PROB[2]=1/7.0   PROB[3]=1/8.0
  PROB[4]=1/9.0  PROB[5]=1/10.0 PROB[6]=1/11.0  PROB[7]=1759/27720
  SUM=0
  FOR I%=0 TO UBOUND(PROB,1) DO
     SUM=SUM+PROB[I%]
  END FOR
  IF ABS(SUM-1)>1E-6 THEN
       PRINT("Probabilities don't sum to 1")
     ELSE
       FOR TRIAL=1 TO 1E6 DO
          R=RND(1)
          P=0
          FOR I%=0 TO UBOUND(PROB,1) DO
             P+=PROB[I%]
             IF R<P THEN
                CNT[I%]+=1
                EXIT
             END IF
          END FOR
       END FOR
       PRINT("Item        actual    theoretical")
       PRINT("---------------------------------")
       FOR I%=0 TO UBOUND(ITEM$,1) DO
          WRITE("\      \    #.######  #.######";ITEM$[I%],CNT[I%]/1E6,PROB[I%])
       END FOR
  END IF

END PROGRAM</lang>

Output:

Item        actual    theoretical
---------------------------------
aleph       0.199769  0.200000
beth        0.167277  0.166667
gimel       0.142914  0.142857
daleth      0.124991  0.125000
he          0.111227  0.111111
waw         0.099732  0.100000
zayin       0.090757  0.090909
heth        0.063333  0.063456

Euphoria

Translation of: PureBasic

<lang euphoria>constant MAX = #3FFFFFFF constant times = 1e6 atom d,e sequence Mapps Mapps = {

   { "aleph",  1/5,        0},
   { "beth",   1/6,        0},
   { "gimel",  1/7,        0},
   { "daleth", 1/8,        0},
   { "he",     1/9,        0},
   { "waw",    1/10,       0},
   { "zayin",  1/11,       0},
   { "heth",   1759/27720, 0}

}

for i = 1 to times do

   d = (rand(MAX)-1)/MAX
   e = 0
   for j = 1 to length(Mapps) do
       e += Mapps[j][2]
       if d <= e then
           Mapps[j][3] += 1
           exit
       end if
   end for

end for

printf(1,"Sample times: %d\n",times) for j = 1 to length(Mapps) do

   d = Mapps[j][3]/times
   printf(1,"%-7s should be %f is %f | Deviatation %6.3f%%\n",
               {Mapps[j][1],Mapps[j][2],d,(1-Mapps[j][2]/d)*100})

end for</lang>

Output:

Sample times: 1000000
aleph   should be 0.200000 is 0.200492 | Deviatation  0.245%
beth    should be 0.166667 is 0.166855 | Deviatation  0.113%
gimel   should be 0.142857 is 0.143169 | Deviatation  0.218%
daleth  should be 0.125000 is 0.124923 | Deviatation -0.062%
he      should be 0.111111 is 0.110511 | Deviatation -0.543%
waw     should be 0.100000 is 0.099963 | Deviatation -0.037%
zayin   should be 0.090909 is 0.090647 | Deviatation -0.289%
heth    should be 0.063456 is 0.063440 | Deviatation -0.025%

Factor

<lang factor>USING: arrays assocs combinators.random io kernel macros math math.statistics prettyprint quotations sequences sorting formatting ; IN: rosettacode.proba

CONSTANT: data {

   { "aleph"   1/5.0 }
   { "beth"    1/6.0 }
   { "gimel"   1/7.0 }
   { "daleth"  1/8.0 }
   { "he"      1/9.0 }
   { "waw"     1/10.0 }
   { "zayin"   1/11.0 }
   { "heth"    f }

}

MACRO: case-probas ( data -- case-probas )

   [ first2 [ swap 1quotation 2array ] [ 1quotation ] if* ] map 1quotation ;
expected ( name data -- float )
   2dup at [ 2nip ] [ nip values sift sum 1 swap - ] if* ; 
generate ( # case-probas -- seq )
   H{ } clone
   [ [ [ casep ] [ inc-at ] bi* ] 2curry times ] keep ; inline
normalize ( seq # -- seq )
   [ clone ] dip [ /f ] curry assoc-map ;
summarize1 ( name value data -- )
   [ over ] dip expected
   "%6s: %10f %10f\n" printf ;
summarize ( generated data -- )
   "Key" "Value" "expected" "%6s  %10s %10s\n" printf
   [ summarize1 ] curry assoc-each ;
generate-normalized ( # proba -- seq )
   [ generate ] [ drop normalize ] 2bi ; inline
example ( # data -- )
   [ case-probas generate-normalized ] 
   [ summarize ] bi ; inline</lang>

In a REPL: <lang>USE: rosettacode.proba 1000000 data example</lang> outputs <lang> Key Value expected

 heth:   0.063469   0.063456
  waw:   0.100226   0.100000

daleth: 0.125844 0.125000

 beth:   0.166264   0.166667
zayin:   0.090806   0.090909
   he:   0.110562   0.111111
aleph:   0.199868   0.200000
gimel:   0.142961   0.142857</lang>

Forth

<lang forth>include random.fs

\ common factors of desired probabilities (1/5 .. 1/11) 2 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 * constant denom \ 27720

\ represent each probability as the numerator with 27720 as the denominator

,numerators ( max min -- )
 do denom i / , loop ;

\ final item is 27720 - sum(probs)

,remainder ( denom addr len -- )
 cells bounds do  i @ -  1 cells +loop , ;

create probs 12 5 ,numerators denom probs 7 ,remainder create bins 8 cells allot

choose ( -- 0..7 )
 denom random
 8 0 do
   probs i cells + @ -
   dup 0< if drop i unloop exit then
 loop
 abort" can't get here" ;
trials ( n -- )
 0 do  1  bins choose cells +  +!  loop ;
str-table
 create ( c-str ... n -- ) 0 do , loop
 does> ( n -- str len ) swap cells + @ count ;

here ," heth" here ," zayin" here ," waw" here ," he" here ," daleth" here ," gimel" here ," beth" here ," aleph" 8 str-table names

.header
 cr ." Name" #tab emit ." Prob" #tab emit ." Actual" #tab emit ." Error" ;
.result ( n -- )
 cr dup names type #tab emit
 dup cells probs + @ s>f denom s>f f/ fdup f. #tab emit
 dup cells bins  + @ s>f 1e6       f/ fdup f. #tab emit
 f- fabs fs. ;
.results .header 8 0 do i .result loop ;</lang>
bins 8 cells erase
3 set-precision
1000000 trials .results
Name    Prob    Actual  Error
aleph   0.2     0.2     9.90E-5 
beth    0.167   0.167   4.51E-4 
gimel   0.143   0.142   4.99E-4 
daleth  0.125   0.125   1.82E-4 
he      0.111   0.111   2.10E-4 
waw     0.1     0.1     3.30E-5 
zayin   0.0909  0.0912  2.77E-4 
heth    0.0635  0.0636  9.70E-5  ok

Fortran

Works with: Fortran version 90 and later

<lang fortran>PROGRAM PROBS

 IMPLICIT NONE
  
 INTEGER, PARAMETER :: trials = 1000000
 INTEGER :: i, j, probcount(8) = 0
 REAL :: expected(8), mapping(8), rnum
 CHARACTER(6) :: items(8) = (/ "aleph ", "beth  ", "gimel ", "daleth", "he    ", "waw   ", "zayin ", "heth  " /)
 expected(1:7) = (/ (1.0/i, i=5,11) /)
 expected(8) = 1.0 - SUM(expected(1:7))
 mapping(1) = 1.0 / 5.0
 DO i = 2, 7
    mapping(i) = mapping(i-1) + 1.0/(i+4.0)
 END DO
 mapping(8) = 1.0
 DO i = 1, trials
    CALL RANDOM_NUMBER(rnum)
    DO j = 1, 8
       IF (rnum < mapping(j)) THEN
          probcount(j) = probcount(j) + 1
          EXIT
       END IF
    END DO
 END DO
 WRITE(*, "(A,I10)") "Trials:             ", trials
 WRITE(*, "(A,8A10)") "Items:             ", items
 WRITE(*, "(A,8F10.6)") "Target Probability:  ", expected
 WRITE(*, "(A,8F10.6)") "Attained Probability:", REAL(probcount) / REAL(trials)
 

ENDPROGRAM PROBS</lang> Sample Output:

Trials:                1000000
Items:                 aleph     beth      gimel     daleth    he        waw       zayin     heth
Target Probability:    0.200000  0.166667  0.142857  0.125000  0.111111  0.100000  0.090909  0.063456
Attained Probability:  0.199631  0.166907  0.142488  0.124920  0.110906  0.099943  0.091775  0.063430

FreeBASIC

<lang freebasic>' FB 1.05.0 Win64

Dim letters (0 To 7) As String = {"aleph", "beth", "gimel", "daleth", "he", "waw", "zayin", "heth"} Dim actual (0 To 7) As Integer all zero by default Dim probs (0 To 7) As Double = {1/5.0, 1/6.0, 1/7.0, 1/8.0, 1/9.0, 1/10.0, 1/11.0} Dim cumProbs (0 To 7) As Double

cumProbs(0) = probs(0) For i As Integer = 1 To 6

 cumProbs(i) = cumProbs(i - 1) + probs(i)

Next cumProbs(7) = 1.0 probs(7) = 1.0 - cumProbs(6)

Randomize Dim rand As Double Dim n As Double = 1000000 Dim sum As Double = 0.0

For i As Integer = 1 To n

 rand = Rnd   random number where 0 <= rand < 1
 Select case rand
   Case Is <= cumProbs(0)
     actual(0) += 1
   Case Is <= cumProbs(1)
     actual(1) += 1
   Case Is <= cumProbs(2)
     actual(2) += 1
   Case Is <= cumProbs(3)
     actual(3) += 1
   Case Is <= cumProbs(4)
     actual(4) += 1
   Case Is <= cumProbs(5)
     actual(5) += 1
   Case Is <= cumProbs(6)
     actual(6) += 1
   Case Else
     actual(7) += 1
 End Select

Next

Dim sumActual As Double = 0

Print "Letter", " Actual", "Expected" Print "------", "--------", "--------" For i As Integer = 0 To 7

 Print letters(i), 
 Print Using "#.######"; actual(i)/n; 
 sumActual += actual(i)/n
 Print , Using "#.######"; probs(i)

Next

Print , "--------", "--------" Print , Using "#.######"; sumActual; Print , Using "#.######"; 1.000000

Print Print "Press any key to quit" Sleep</lang>

Output:
Letter         Actual       Expected
------        --------      --------
aleph         0.199987      0.200000
beth          0.166663      0.166667
gimel         0.143134      0.142857
daleth        0.125132      0.125000
he            0.110772      0.111111
waw           0.100236      0.100000
zayin         0.090664      0.090909
heth          0.063412      0.063456
              --------      --------
              1.000000      1.000000

Go

<lang go>package main

import (

   "fmt"
   "math/rand"
   "time"

)

type mapping struct {

   item string
   pr   float64

}

func main() {

   // input mapping
   m := []mapping{
       {"aleph", 1 / 5.},
       {"beth", 1 / 6.},
       {"gimel", 1 / 7.},
       {"daleth", 1 / 8.},
       {"he", 1 / 9.},
       {"waw", 1 / 10.},
       {"zayin", 1 / 11.},
       {"heth", 1759 / 27720.}} // adjusted so that probabilities add to 1
   // cumulative probability
   cpr := make([]float64, len(m)-1)
   var c float64
   for i := 0; i < len(m)-1; i++ {
       c += m[i].pr
       cpr[i] = c
   }
   // generate
   const samples = 1e6
   occ := make([]int, len(m))
   rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
   for i := 0; i < samples; i++ {
       r := rand.Float64()
       for j := 0; ; j++ {
           if r < cpr[j] {
               occ[j]++
               break
           }
           if j == len(cpr)-1 {
               occ[len(cpr)]++
               break
           }
       }
   }
   // report
   fmt.Println("  Item  Target   Generated")
   var totalTarget, totalGenerated float64
   for i := 0; i < len(m); i++ {
       target := m[i].pr
       generated := float64(occ[i]) / samples
       fmt.Printf("%6s  %8.6f  %8.6f\n", m[i].item, target, generated)
       totalTarget += target
       totalGenerated += generated
   }
   fmt.Printf("Totals  %8.6f  %8.6f\n", totalTarget, totalGenerated)

}</lang> Output:

  Item  Target   Generated
 aleph  0.200000  0.199509
  beth  0.166667  0.167194
 gimel  0.142857  0.143293
daleth  0.125000  0.124869
    he  0.111111  0.110896
   waw  0.100000  0.099849
 zayin  0.090909  0.090789
  heth  0.063456  0.063601
Totals  1.000000  1.000000

Haskell

<lang haskell>import System.Random (newStdGen, randomRs)

dataBinCounts :: [Float] -> [Float] -> [Int] dataBinCounts thresholds range =

 let sampleSize = length range
     xs = ((-) sampleSize . length . flip filter range . (<)) <$> thresholds
 in zipWith (-) (xs ++ [sampleSize]) (0 : xs)

main :: IO () main = do

 g <- newStdGen
 let fractions = recip <$> [5 .. 11] :: [Float]
     expected = fractions ++ [1 - sum fractions]
     actual =
       ((/ 1000000.0) . fromIntegral) <$>
       dataBinCounts (scanl1 (+) expected) (take 1000000 (randomRs (0, 1) g))

     piv n = take n . (++ repeat ' ')

 putStrLn "       expected     actual"
 mapM_ putStrLn $
   zipWith3
     (\l s c -> piv 7 l ++ piv 13 (show s) ++ piv 12 (show c))
     ["aleph", "beth", "gimel", "daleth", "he", "waw", "zayin", "heth"]
     expected
     actual</lang>
Output:

Sample

       expected     actual
aleph  0.2          0.200597    
beth   0.16666667   0.167192    
gimel  0.14285715   0.142781    
daleth 0.125        0.124556    
he     0.11111111   0.111128    
waw    0.1          9.9671e-2   
zayin  9.090909e-2  9.0294e-2   
heth   6.345594e-2  6.3781e-2   

HicEst

<lang HicEst>REAL :: trials=1E6, n=8, map(n), limit(n), expected(n), outcome(n)

expected = 1 / ($ + 4) expected(n) = 1 - SUM(expected) + expected(n)

map = expected map = map($) + map($-1)

DO i = 1, trials

  random = RAN(1)
  limit = random > map
  item = INDEX(limit, 0)
  outcome(item) = outcome(item) + 1

ENDDO outcome = outcome / trials

DLG(Text=expected, Text=outcome, Y=0) </lang> Exported from the spreadsheet-like DLG function:

0.2        0.199908   
0.1666667  0.166169   
0.1428571  0.142722   
0.125      0.124929   
0.1111111  0.111706   
0.1        0.099863   
0.0909091  0.090965   
0.063456   0.063738   

Icon and Unicon

<lang Icon> record Item(value, probability)

procedure find_item (items, v)

 sum := 0.0
 every item := !items do {
   if v < sum+item.probability
    then return item.value
    else sum +:= item.probability
 }
 fail # v exceeded 1.0

end

  1. -- helper procedures
  1. count the number of occurrences of i in list l,
  2. assuming the items are strings

procedure count (l, i)

 result := 0.0
 every x := !l do 
   if x == i then result +:= 1
 return result

end

procedure rand_float ()

 return ?1000/1000.0

end

  1. -- test the procedure

procedure main ()

 items := [
   Item("aleph",   1/5.0),
   Item("beth",    1/6.0),
   Item("gimel",   1/7.0),
   Item("daleth",  1/8.0),
   Item("he",      1/9.0),
   Item("waw",     1/10.0),
   Item("zayin",   1/11.0),
   Item("heth",    1759/27720.0)
 ]
 # collect a sample of results
 sample := []
 every (1 to 1000000) do push (sample, find_item(items, rand_float ()))
 # return comparison of expected vs actual probability
 every item := !items do 
   write (right(item.value, 7) || " " || 
          left(item.probability, 15) || " " || 
          left(count(sample, item.value)/*sample, 6))

end </lang>

Output:

  aleph 0.2             0.1988
   beth 0.1666666667    0.1676
  gimel 0.1428571429    0.1431
 daleth 0.125           0.1249
     he 0.1111111111    0.1112
    waw 0.1             0.0996
  zayin 0.09090909091   0.0908
   heth 0.06345598846   0.0636

J

<lang J> main=: verb define

 hdr=.  '       target   actual  '
 lbls=. ; ,:&.> ;:'aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth'
 prtn=. +/\ pt=. (, 1-+/)1r1%5+i.7
 da=.   prtn I. ?y # 0
 pa=.   y%~ +/ da =/ i.8
 hdr, lbls,. 9j6 ": |: pt,:pa

)

Note 'named abbreviations'

    hdr  (header)
    lbls (labels)
    pt   (target proportions)
    prtn (partitions corresponding to target proportions)
    da   (distribution of actual values among partitions)
    pa   (actual proportions)

)</lang> Example use: <lang j>main 1e6

      target   actual  

aleph 0.200000 0.200344 beth 0.166667 0.166733 gimel 0.142857 0.142611 daleth 0.125000 0.124458 he 0.111111 0.111455 waw 0.100000 0.099751 zayin 0.090909 0.091121 heth 0.063456 0.063527</lang> Note that there is no rounding error in summing the proportions, as they are represented as rational numbers, not floating-point approximations. <lang J> pt=. (, 1-+/)1r1%5+i.7

  pt

1r5 1r6 1r7 1r8 1r9 1r10 1r11 1759r27720

  +/pt

1</lang>

Java

Translation of: C

<lang java>public class Prob{ static long TRIALS= 1000000;

private static class Expv{ public String name; public int probcount; public double expect; public double mapping;

public Expv(String name, int probcount, double expect, double mapping){ this.name= name; this.probcount= probcount; this.expect= expect; this.mapping= mapping; } }

static Expv[] items= {new Expv("aleph", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("beth", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("gimel", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("daleth", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("he", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("waw", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("zayin", 0, 0.0, 0.0), new Expv("heth", 0, 0.0, 0.0)};

public static void main(String[] args){ int i, j; double rnum, tsum= 0.0;

for(i= 0, rnum= 5.0;i < 7;i++, rnum+= 1.0){ items[i].expect= 1.0 / rnum; tsum+= items[i].expect; } items[7].expect= 1.0 - tsum;

items[0].mapping= 1.0 / 5.0; for(i= 1;i < 7;i++){ items[i].mapping= items[i - 1].mapping + 1.0 / ((double)i + 5.0); } items[7].mapping= 1.0;


for(i= 0;i < TRIALS;i++){ rnum= Math.random(); for(j= 0;j < 8;j++){ if(rnum < items[j].mapping){ items[j].probcount++; break; } } }

System.out.printf("Trials: %d\n", TRIALS); System.out.printf("Items: "); for(i= 0;i < 8;i++) System.out.printf("%-8s ", items[i].name); System.out.printf("\nTarget prob.: "); for(i= 0;i < 8;i++) System.out.printf("%8.6f ", items[i].expect); System.out.printf("\nAttained prob.: "); for(i= 0;i < 8;i++) System.out.printf("%8.6f ", (double)(items[i].probcount) / (double)TRIALS); System.out.printf("\n");

} }</lang> Output:

Trials: 1000000
Items:          aleph    beth     gimel    daleth   he       waw      zayin    heth     
Target prob.:   0.200000 0.166667 0.142857 0.125000 0.111111 0.100000 0.090909 0.063456 
Attained prob.: 0.199615 0.167517 0.142612 0.125211 0.110970 0.099614 0.091002 0.063459 
Works with: Java version 1.5+

<lang java5>import java.util.EnumMap;

public class Prob { public static long TRIALS= 1000000; public enum Glyph{ ALEPH, BETH, GIMEL, DALETH, HE, WAW, ZAYIN, HETH; }

public static EnumMap<Glyph, Double> probs = new EnumMap<Glyph, Double>(Glyph.class){{ put(Glyph.ALEPH, 1/5.0); put(Glyph.BETH, 1/6.0); put(Glyph.GIMEL, 1/7.0); put(Glyph.DALETH, 1/8.0); put(Glyph.HE, 1/9.0); put(Glyph.WAW, 1/10.0); put(Glyph.ZAYIN, 1/11.0); put(Glyph.HETH, 1759./27720); }};

public static EnumMap<Glyph, Double> counts = new EnumMap<Glyph, Double>(Glyph.class){{ put(Glyph.ALEPH, 0.);put(Glyph.BETH, 0.); put(Glyph.GIMEL, 0.);put(Glyph.DALETH, 0.); put(Glyph.HE, 0.);put(Glyph.WAW, 0.); put(Glyph.ZAYIN, 0.);put(Glyph.HETH, 0.); }};

public static void main(String[] args){ System.out.println("Target probabliities:\t" + probs); for(long i = 0; i < TRIALS; i++){ Glyph choice = getChoice(); counts.put(choice, counts.get(choice) + 1); }

//correct the counts to probablities in (0..1] for(Glyph glyph:counts.keySet()){ counts.put(glyph, counts.get(glyph) / TRIALS); }

System.out.println("Actual probabliities:\t" + counts); }

private static Glyph getChoice() { double rand = Math.random(); for(Glyph item:Glyph.values()){ if(rand < probs.get(item)){ return item; } rand -= probs.get(item); } return null; } }</lang> Output:

Target probabliities:	{ALEPH=0.2, BETH=0.16666666666666666, GIMEL=0.14285714285714285, DALETH=0.125, HE=0.1111111111111111, WAW=0.1, ZAYIN=0.09090909090909091, HETH=0.06345598845598846}
Actual probabliities:	{ALEPH=0.200794, BETH=0.165916, GIMEL=0.143286, DALETH=0.124727, HE=0.110818, WAW=0.100168, ZAYIN=0.090878, HETH=0.063413}

JavaScript

ES5

Fortunately, iterating over properties added to an object maintains the insertion order. <lang javascript>var probabilities = {

   aleph:  1/5.0,
   beth:   1/6.0,
   gimel:  1/7.0,
   daleth: 1/8.0,
   he:     1/9.0,
   waw:    1/10.0,
   zayin:  1/11.0,
   heth:   1759/27720

};

var sum = 0; var iterations = 1000000; var cumulative = {}; var randomly = {}; for (var name in probabilities) {

   sum += probabilities[name];
   cumulative[name] = sum;
   randomly[name] = 0;

} for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {

   var r = Math.random();
   for (var name in cumulative) {
       if (r <= cumulative[name]) {
           randomly[name]++;
           break;
       }
   }

} for (var name in probabilities)

   // using WSH
   WScript.Echo(name + "\t" + probabilities[name] + "\t" + randomly[name]/iterations);</lang>

output:

aleph   0.2     0.200597
beth    0.16666666666666666     0.166527
gimel   0.14285714285714285     0.142646
daleth  0.125   0.124613
he      0.1111111111111111      0.111342
waw     0.1     0.099888
zayin   0.09090909090909091     0.091141
heth    0.06345598845598846     0.063246

ES6

By functional composition:

Translation of: Haskell

<lang JavaScript>(() => {

   'use strict';
   // GENERIC FUNCTIONS -----------------------------------------------------
   // transpose :: a -> a
   const transpose = xs =>
       xs[0].map((_, iCol) => xs.map(row => row[iCol]));
   // justifyLeft :: Int -> Char -> Text -> Text
   const justifyLeft = (n, cFiller, strText) =>
       n > strText.length ? (
           (strText + cFiller.repeat(n))
           .substr(0, n)
       ) : strText;
   // 2 or more arguments
   // curry :: Function -> Function
   const curry = (f, ...args) => {
       const go = xs => xs.length >= f.length ? (f.apply(null, xs)) :
           function () {
               return go(xs.concat([].slice.apply(arguments)));
           };
       return go([].slice.call(args, 1));
   };
   // zipWith :: (a -> b -> c) -> [a] -> [b] -> [c]
   const zipWith = (f, xs, ys) => {
       const ny = ys.length;
       return (xs.length <= ny ? xs : xs.slice(0, ny))
           .map((x, i) => f(x, ys[i]));
   };
   // subtract :: (Num a) => a -> a -> a
   const subtract = (x, y) => y - x;
   // scanl1 :: (a -> a -> a) -> [a] -> [a]
   const scanl1 = (f, xs) =>
       xs.length > 0 ? scanl(f, xs[0], xs.slice(1)) : [];
   // scanl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> [a] -> [b]
   const scanl = (f, startValue, xs) =>
       xs.reduce((a, x) => {
           const v = f(a.acc, x);
           return {
               acc: v,
               scan: a.scan.concat(v)
           };
       }, {
           acc: startValue,
           scan: [startValue]
       })
       .scan;
   // unwords :: [String] -> String
   const unwords = xs => xs.join(' ');


   // PROBABILISTIC CHOICE --------------------------------------------------
   // samples :: Int -> Int -> [Float]
   const samples = n =>
       Array.from({
           length: n
       }, Math.random);
   // thresholds :: Float
   const thresholds = scanl1(
           (a, b) => a + b, [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11].map(x => 1 / x)
       )
       .concat(1);
   // expected :: Float -> Float
   const expected = limits =>
       limits.map((x, i, xs) => i > 0 ? (x - xs[i - 1]) : x);
   // dataBinCounts :: [Float] -> [Float] -> [Int]
   const dataBinCounts = (thresholds, samples) => {
       const
           lng = samples.length,
           xs = thresholds
           .map(x => lng - samples.filter(v => v > x)
               .length);
       return zipWith(subtract, [0].concat(xs), xs.concat(lng));
   };
   // intSamples :: Integer
   const intSamples = 1000000;
   // aligned :: a -> String
   const aligned = x => justifyLeft(12, ' ', isNaN(x) ? x : x.toFixed(7));
   return transpose([
           [, 'Aleph', 'Beit', 'Gimel', 'Dalet', 'He', 'Vav', 'Zayin', 'Chet']
           .map(curry(justifyLeft)(7, ' ')),
           ['Expected'].concat(expected(thresholds))
           .map(aligned),
           ['Observed'].concat(dataBinCounts(thresholds, samples(intSamples))
               .map(x => x / intSamples))
           .map(aligned)
       ])
       .map(unwords)
       .join('\n');

})();</lang>

Output:

Sample:

        Expected     Observed    
Aleph   0.2000000    0.2002440   
Beit    0.1666667    0.1665330   
Gimel   0.1428571    0.1433880   
Dalet   0.1250000    0.1244630   
He      0.1111111    0.1112830   
Vav     0.1000000    0.0998390   
Zayin   0.0909091    0.0909630   
Chet    0.0634560    0.0632870   

Julia

I made the solution to this task more difficult than I had anticipated by using the Hebrew characters (rather than their anglicised names) as labels for the sampled collection of objects. In doing so, I encountered an interesting subtlety of bidirectional text in Unicode. Namely, that strong right-to-left characters, such as those of Hebrew, override the directionality of European digits, which have weak directionality. Because of this property of Unicode, my table of items and yields had its lines of data interpreted as if it were entirely Hebrew and output in reverse order (from my English speaking perspective). I was able to get the table to display as I liked on my terminal by preceding the the Hebrew characters by the Unicode RLI (right-to-left isolate) control character (U+2067). However, when I pasted this output into this Rosetta Code entry, the display reverted to the "backwards" version. Rather than continue the struggle, trying to force this entry to display as it does on my terminal, I created an alternative version of the table. This "Displayable Here" table adds "yields" to to each line, and this strong left-to-right text makes the whole line display as left-to-right (without the need for a RLI characer). <lang Julia>using Printf

p = [1/i for i in 5:11] plen = length(p) q = [0.0, [sum(p[1:i]) for i = 1:plen]] plab = [char(i) for i in 0x05d0:(0x05d0+plen)] hi = 10^6 push!(p, 1.0 - sum(p)) plen += 1

accum = zeros(Int, plen)

for i in 1:hi

   accum[sum(rand() .>= q)] += 1

end

r = accum/hi

println("Rates at which items are selected (", hi, " trials).") println(" Item Expected Actual") for i in 1:plen

   println(@sprintf("   \u2067%s   %8.6f  %8.6f", plab[i], p[i], r[i]))

end

println() println("Rates at which items are selected (", hi, " trials).") println(" Item Count Expected Actual") for i in 1:plen

   println(@sprintf("   %s yields  %6d   %8.6f  %8.6f",
                    plab[i], accum[i], p[i], r[i]))

end </lang>

Output:

Original

This table displays properly on my terminal, but the lines of data are reversed in this display.

Rates at which items are selected (1000000 trials).
 Item  Expected   Actual
   ⁧א   0.200000  0.199872
   ⁧ב   0.166667  0.166618
   ⁧ג   0.142857  0.143302
   ⁧ד   0.125000  0.125040
   ⁧ה   0.111111  0.110602
   ⁧ו   0.100000  0.099833
   ⁧ז   0.090909  0.091313
   ⁧ח   0.063456  0.063420

Displayable Here

This is the same data, less elegantly presented but accurately displayed on both my terminal and here at Rosetta Code.

Rates at which items are selected (1000000 trials).
 Item         Count   Expected   Actual
   א yields  199872   0.200000  0.199872
   ב yields  166618   0.166667  0.166618
   ג yields  143302   0.142857  0.143302
   ד yields  125040   0.125000  0.125040
   ה yields  110602   0.111111  0.110602
   ו yields   99833   0.100000  0.099833
   ז yields   91313   0.090909  0.091313
   ח yields   63420   0.063456  0.063420

Kotlin

Translation of: FreeBASIC

<lang scala>// version 1.0.6

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

   val letters  = arrayOf("aleph", "beth", "gimel", "daleth", "he", "waw", "zayin", "heth")
   val actual   = IntArray(8)
   val probs    = doubleArrayOf(1/5.0, 1/6.0, 1/7.0, 1/8.0, 1/9.0, 1/10.0, 1/11.0, 0.0)
   val cumProbs = DoubleArray(8)
   
   cumProbs[0] = probs[0]
   for (i in 1..6) cumProbs[i] = cumProbs[i - 1] + probs[i]
   cumProbs[7] = 1.0
   probs[7] = 1.0 - cumProbs[6]
   val n = 1000000
   (1..n).forEach {
       val rand = Math.random()
       when {
            rand <= cumProbs[0] -> actual[0]++
            rand <= cumProbs[1] -> actual[1]++
            rand <= cumProbs[2] -> actual[2]++
            rand <= cumProbs[3] -> actual[3]++
            rand <= cumProbs[4] -> actual[4]++
            rand <= cumProbs[5] -> actual[5]++
            rand <= cumProbs[6] -> actual[6]++
            else                -> actual[7]++
       }
   }
   var sumActual = 0.0 
   println("Letter\t Actual    Expected")
   println("------\t--------   --------")
   for (i in 0..7) { 
       val generated = actual[i].toDouble() / n  
       println("${letters[i]}\t${String.format("%8.6f   %8.6f", generated, probs[i])}")
       sumActual += generated
   }  
   println("\t--------   --------")
   println("\t${"%8.6f".format(sumActual)}   1.000000") 

}</lang>

Output:
Letter   Actual    Expected
------  --------   --------
aleph   0.199427   0.200000
beth    0.166862   0.166667
gimel   0.142756   0.142857
daleth  0.125442   0.125000
he      0.110868   0.111111
waw     0.100405   0.100000
zayin   0.090799   0.090909
heth    0.063441   0.063456
        --------   --------
        1.000000   1.000000

Liberty BASIC

<lang lb> names$="aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth" dim sum(8) dim counter(8)

s = 0 for i = 1 to 7

   s = s+1/(i+4)
   sum(i)=s

next

N =1000000 ' number of throws

for i =1 to N

   rand =rnd( 1)
   for j = 1 to 7
       if sum(j)> rand then exit for
   next
   counter(j)=counter(j)+1

next

print "Observed", "Intended" for i = 1 to 8

   print word$(names$, i), using( "#.#####", counter(i)  /N), using( "#.#####", 1/(i+4))

next </lang>

Lua

<lang lua>items = {} items["aleph"] = 1/5.0 items["beth"] = 1/6.0 items["gimel"] = 1/7.0 items["daleth"] = 1/8.0 items["he"] = 1/9.0 items["waw"] = 1/10.0 items["zayin"] = 1/11.0 items["heth"] = 1759/27720

num_trials = 1000000

samples = {} for item, _ in pairs( items ) do

   samples[item] = 0

end

math.randomseed( os.time() ) for i = 1, num_trials do

   z = math.random()
   for item, _ in pairs( items ) do

if z < items[item] then samples[item] = samples[item] + 1 break; else

	    z = z - items[item]	

end

   end

end

for item, _ in pairs( items ) do

   print( item, samples[item]/num_trials, items[item] )

end</lang> Output

gimel	0.142606	0.14285714285714
heth	0.063434	0.063455988455988
beth	0.166788	0.16666666666667
zayin	0.091097	0.090909090909091
daleth	0.124772	0.125
aleph	0.200541	0.2
he	0.1107	        0.11111111111111
waw	0.100062	0.1

Mathematica

Built-in function can already do a weighted random choosing. Example for making a million random choices would be: <lang Mathematica>choices={{"aleph", 1/5},{"beth", 1/6},{"gimel", 1/7},{"daleth", 1/8},{"he", 1/9},{"waw", 1/10},{"zayin", 1/11},{"heth", 1759/27720}}; data=RandomChoice[choicesAll,2->choicesAll,1,10^6];</lang> To compare the data we use the following code to make a table: <lang Mathematica>Grid[{#1,N[Count[data,#1]/10^6],N[#2]}&/@choices]</lang> gives back (item, attained prob., target prob.):

aleph		0.200036	0.2
beth		0.166591	0.166667
gimel		0.142699	0.142857
daleth		0.125018	0.125
he		0.111306	0.111111
waw		0.100433	0.1
zayin		0.090671	0.0909091
heth		0.063246	0.063456

MATLAB

Works with: MATLAB version with Statistics Toolbox

<lang MATLAB>function probChoice

   choices = {'aleph' 'beth' 'gimel' 'daleth' 'he' 'waw' 'zayin' 'heth'};
   w = [1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 1759/27720];
   R = randsample(length(w), 1e6, true, w);
   T = tabulate(R);
   fprintf('Value\tCount\tPercent\tGoal\n')
   for k = 1:size(T, 1)
       fprintf('%6s\t%.f\t%.2f%%\t%.2f%%\n', ...
           choices{k}, T(k, 2), T(k, 3), 100*w(k))
   end

end</lang>

Output:
Value	Count	Percent	Goal
 aleph	199635	19.96%	20.00%
  beth	166427	16.64%	16.67%
 gimel	143342	14.33%	14.29%
daleth	125014	12.50%	12.50%
    he	111031	11.10%	11.11%
   waw	99920	9.99%	10.00%
 zayin	91460	9.15%	9.09%
  heth	63171	6.32%	6.35%
Works with: MATLAB version without toolboxes

<lang MATLAB>function probChoice

   choices = {'aleph' 'beth' 'gimel' 'daleth' 'he' 'waw' 'zayin' 'heth'};
   w = [1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 1759/27720];
   nSamp = 1e6;
   nChoice = length(w);
   R = rand(nSamp, 1);
   wCS = cumsum(w);
   results = zeros(1, nChoice);
   fprintf('Value\tCount\tPercent\tGoal\n')
   for k = 1:nChoice
       choiceKIdxs = R < wCS(k);
       R(choiceKIdxs) = k;
       results(k) = sum(choiceKIdxs);
       fprintf('%6s\t%.f\t%.2f%%\t%.2f%%\n', ...
           choices{k}, results(k), 100*results(k)/nSamp, 100*w(k))
   end

end</lang>

Output:
Value	Count	Percent	Goal
 aleph	200327	20.03%	20.00%
  beth	166318	16.63%	16.67%
 gimel	143040	14.30%	14.29%
daleth	125136	12.51%	12.50%
    he	111251	11.13%	11.11%
   waw	99946	9.99%	10.00%
 zayin	90974	9.10%	9.09%
  heth	63008	6.30%	6.35%

Nim

<lang nim>import tables, math, strutils, times

const

  num_trials = 1000000
  precsn     = 6

var start = cpuTime()

var probs = initTable[string,float](16) probs.add("aleph", 1/5.0) probs.add("beth", 1/6.0) probs.add("gimel", 1/7.0) probs.add("daleth", 1/8.0) probs.add("he", 1/9.0) probs.add("waw", 1/10.0) probs.add("zayin", 1/11.0) probs.add("heth", 1759/27720)

var samples = initTable[string,int](16) for i, j in pairs(probs):

   samples.add(i,0)

randomize() for i in 1 .. num_trials:

   var z = random(1.0)

   for j,k in pairs(probs):
       if z < probs[j]:
           samples[j] = samples[j] + 1
           break
       else:
            z = z - probs[j]    

var s1, s2: float

echo("Item ","\t","Target ","\t","Results ","\t","Difference") echo("==== ","\t","====== ","\t","======= ","\t","==========") for i, j in pairs(probs):

   s1 += samples[i]/num_trials*100.0
   s2 += probs[i]*100.0
   echo( i, 
            "\t", formatFloat(probs[i],ffDecimal,precsn),
            "\t", formatFloat(samples[i]/num_trials,ffDecimal,precsn), 
            "\t", formatFloat(100.0*(1.0-(samples[i]/num_trials)/probs[i]),ffDecimal,precsn),"%")

echo("======","\t","======= ","\t","======== ") echo("Total:","\t",formatFloat(s2,ffDecimal,2)," \t",formatFloat(s1,ffDecimal,2)) echo("\n",formatFloat(cpuTime()-start,ffDecimal,2)," secs")</lang>

Output:
Item  	Target  	Results  	Difference
====  	======  	=======  	==========
he	0.111111	0.110760	0.316000%
heth	0.063456	0.063777	-0.505881%
beth	0.166667	0.166386	0.168400%
aleph	0.200000	0.200039	-0.019500%
zayin	0.090909	0.090923	-0.015300%
waw	0.100000	0.100513	-0.513000%
gimel	0.142857	0.142691	0.116300%
daleth	0.125000	0.124911	0.071200%
======	======= 	======== 
Total:	100.00  	100.00

7.06 secs

OCaml

<lang ocaml>let p = [

   "Aleph",   1.0 /. 5.0;
   "Beth",    1.0 /. 6.0;
   "Gimel",   1.0 /. 7.0;
   "Daleth",  1.0 /. 8.0;
   "He",      1.0 /. 9.0;
   "Waw",     1.0 /. 10.0;
   "Zayin",   1.0 /. 11.0;
   "Heth", 1759.0 /. 27720.0;
 ]

let rec take k = function

 | (v, p)::tl -> if k < p then v else take (k -. p) tl
 | _ -> invalid_arg "take"

let () =

 let n = 1_000_000 in
 Random.self_init();
 let h = Hashtbl.create 3 in
 List.iter (fun (v, _) -> Hashtbl.add h v 0) p;
 let tot = List.fold_left (fun acc (_, p) -> acc +. p) 0.0 p in
 for i = 1 to n do
   let sel = take (Random.float tot) p in
   let n = Hashtbl.find h sel in
   Hashtbl.replace h sel (succ n)  (* count the number of each item *)
 done;
 List.iter (fun (v, p) ->
   let d = Hashtbl.find h v in
   Printf.printf "%s \t %f %f\n" v p (float d /. float n)
 ) p</lang>

Output:

Aleph    0.200000 0.200272
Beth     0.166667 0.166381
Gimel    0.142857 0.142497
Daleth   0.125000 0.125005
He       0.111111 0.111272
Waw      0.100000 0.100069
Zayin    0.090909 0.091136
Heth     0.063456 0.063368

PARI/GP

<lang parigp>pc()={

 my(v=[5544,10164,14124,17589,20669,23441,25961,27720],u=vector(8),e);
 for(i=1,1e6,
   my(r=random(27720));
   for(j=1,8,
     if(r<v[j], u[j]++; break)
   )
 );
 e=precision([1/5,1/6,1/7,1/8,1/9,1/10,1/11,1759/27720]*1e6,9); \\ truncate to 9 decimal places
 print("Totals: "u);
 print("Expected: "e);
 print("Diff: ",u-e);
 print("StDev: ",vector(8,i,sqrt(abs(u[i]-v[i])/e[i])));

};</lang>

Perl

<lang perl>use List::Util qw(first sum); use constant TRIALS => 1e6;

sub prob_choice_picker {

 my %options = @_;
 my ($n, @a) = 0;
 while (my ($k,$v) = each %options) {
     $n += $v;
     push @a, [$n, $k];
 }
 return sub {
     my $r = rand;
     ( first {$r <= $_->[0]} @a )->[1];
 };

}

my %ps =

 (aleph  => 1/5,
  beth   => 1/6,
  gimel  => 1/7,
  daleth => 1/8,
  he     => 1/9,
  waw    => 1/10,
  zayin  => 1/11);

$ps{heth} = 1 - sum values %ps;

my $picker = prob_choice_picker %ps; my %results; for (my $n = 0 ; $n < TRIALS ; ++$n) {

   ++$results{$picker->()};

}

print "Event Occurred Expected Difference\n"; foreach (sort {$results{$b} <=> $results{$a}} keys %results) {

   printf "%-6s  %f  %f  %f\n",
       $_, $results{$_}/TRIALS, $ps{$_},
       abs($results{$_}/TRIALS - $ps{$_});

}</lang>

Sample output:

Event   Occurred  Expected  Difference
aleph   0.198915  0.200000  0.001085
beth    0.166804  0.166667  0.000137
gimel   0.142992  0.142857  0.000135
daleth  0.125155  0.125000  0.000155
he      0.111160  0.111111  0.000049
waw     0.100229  0.100000  0.000229
zayin   0.091014  0.090909  0.000105
heth    0.063731  0.063456  0.000275

Phix

<lang Phix>constant {names, probs} = columnize({{"aleph", 1/5},

                                    {"beth",   1/6},
                                    {"gimel",  1/7},
                                    {"daleth", 1/8},
                                    {"he",     1/9},
                                    {"waw",    1/10},
                                    {"zayin",  1/11},
                                    {"heth",   1759/27720}})

sequence results = repeat(0,length(names))

atom r constant lim = 1000000 for j=1 to lim do

   r = rnd()
   for i=1 to length(probs) do
       r -= probs[i]
       if r<=0 then
           results[i]+=1
           exit
       end if
   end for

end for

printf(1," Name Actual Expected\n") for i=1 to length(probs) do

   printf(1,"%6s %8.6f %8.6f\n",{names[i],results[i]/lim,probs[i]})

end for</lang>

Output:
  Name   Actual Expected
 aleph 0.201010 0.200000
  beth 0.166311 0.166667
 gimel 0.143354 0.142857
daleth 0.124841 0.125000
    he 0.110544 0.111111
   waw 0.100228 0.100000
 zayin 0.090270 0.090909
  heth 0.063442 0.063456

PicoLisp

<lang PicoLisp>(let (Count 1000000 Denom 27720 N Denom)

  (let Probs
     (mapcar
        '((I S)
           (prog1 (cons N (*/ Count I) 0 S)
              (dec 'N (/ Denom I)) ) )
        (range 5 12)
        '(aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth) )
     (do Count
        (inc (cddr (rank (rand 1 Denom) Probs T))) )
     (let Fmt (-6 12 12)
        (tab Fmt NIL "Probability" "Result")
        (for X Probs
           (tab Fmt
              (cdddr X)
              (format (cadr X) 6)
              (format (caddr X) 6) ) ) ) ) )</lang>

Output:

       Probability      Result
aleph     0.200000    0.199760
beth      0.166667    0.166878
gimel     0.142857    0.142977
daleth    0.125000    0.124983
he        0.111111    0.111200
waw       0.100000    0.100173
zayin     0.090909    0.090591
heth      0.083333    0.063438

PL/I

<lang pli> probch: Proc Options(main);

Dcl prob(8) Dec Float(15) Init((1/5.0),      /* aleph  */
                               (1/6.0),      /* beth   */
                               (1/7.0),      /* gimel  */
                               (1/8.0),      /* daleth */
                               (1/9.0),      /* he     */
                               (1/10.0),     /* waw    */
                               (1/11.0),     /* zayin  */
                               (1759/27720));/* heth   */
Dcl what(8) Char(6) Init('aleph ','beth  ','gimel ','daleth',
                         'he    ','waw   ','zayin ','heth  ');
Dcl ulim(0:8) Dec Float(15) Init((9)0);
Dcl i Bin Fixed(31);
Dcl ifloat Dec Float(15);
Dcl one    Dec Float(15) Init(1);
Dcl num    Dec Float(15) Init(1759);
Dcl denom  Dec Float(15) Init(27720);
Dcl x      Dec Float(15) Init(0);
Dcl pr     Dec Float(15) Init(0);
Dcl (n,nn) Bin Fixed(31);
Dcl cnt(8) Bin Fixed(31) Init((8)0);
nn=1000000;
Do i=1 To 8;
  ifloat=i+4;
  If i<8 Then
    prob(i)=one/ifloat;
  Else
    prob(i)=num/denom;
  Ulim(i)=ulim(i-1)+prob(i);
  /* Put Skip list(i,prob(i),ulim(i));*/
  End;
Do n=1 To nn;
  x=random();
  Do i=1 To 8;
    If x<ulim(i) Then Leave;
    End;
  cnt(i)+=1;
  End;
Put Edit('letter    occurs    frequency  expected ')(Skip,a);
Put Edit('------    ------   ---------- ----------')(Skip,a);
Do i=1 To 8;
  pr=float(cnt(i))/float(nn);
  Put Edit(what(i),cnt(i),pr,prob(i))(Skip,a,f(10),x(2),2(f(11,8)));
  End;
End;</lang>
Output:
One million trials
letter    occurs    frequency  expected
------    ------   ---------- ---------
aleph     199989   0.19998900 0.20000000
beth      167338   0.16733800 0.16666667
gimel     142968   0.14296800 0.14285714
daleth    124840   0.12484000 0.12500000
he        110620   0.11062000 0.11111111
waw        99744   0.09974400 0.10000000
zayin      90930   0.09093000 0.09090909
heth       63571   0.06357100 0.06345599

One hundred million trials
letter    occurs    frequency  expected
------    ------   ---------- ----------
aleph   20002222   0.20002222 0.20000000
beth    16665226   0.16665226 0.16666667
gimel   14289674   0.14289674 0.14285714
daleth  12498182   0.12498182 0.12500000
he      11108704   0.11108704 0.11111111
waw     10002442   0.10002442 0.10000000
zayin    9087412   0.09087412 0.09090909
heth     6346138   0.06346138 0.06345599 

PowerShell

Translation of: Java Script

The guts of this script are translated from the Java Script entry. Then I stole the idea to show the actual Hebrew character from Julia. <lang PowerShell> $character = [PSCustomObject]@{

   aleph  = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1/5       ; Alpha="א"}
   beth   = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1/6       ; Alpha="ב"}
   gimel  = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1/7       ; Alpha="ג"}
   daleth = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1/8       ; Alpha="ד"}
   he     = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1/9       ; Alpha="ה"}
   waw    = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1/10      ; Alpha="ו"}
   zayin  = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1/11      ; Alpha="ז"}
   heth   = [PSCustomObject]@{Expected=1759/27720; Alpha="ח"}

}

$sum = 0 $iterations = 1000000 $cumulative = [ordered]@{} $randomly = [ordered]@{}

foreach ($name in $character.PSObject.Properties.Name) {

   $sum += $character.$name.Expected
   $cumulative.$name = $sum
   $randomly.$name = 0

}

for ($i = 0; $i -lt $iterations; $i++) {

   $random = Get-Random -Minimum 0.0 -Maximum 1.0
   foreach ($name in $cumulative.Keys)
   {
       if ($random -le $cumulative.$name)
       {
           $randomly.$name++
           break
       }
   }

}

foreach ($name in $character.PSObject.Properties.Name) {

   [PSCustomObject]@{
       Name      = $name
       Expected  = $character.$name.Expected
       Actual    = $randomly.$name / $iterations
       Character = $character.$name.Alpha
   }

} </lang>

Output:
Name             Expected   Actual Character
----             --------   ------ ---------
aleph                 0.2 0.199823 א        
beth    0.166666666666667 0.166744 ב        
gimel   0.142857142857143 0.143312 ג        
daleth              0.125 0.125153 ד        
he      0.111111111111111 0.110984 ה        
waw                   0.1 0.099667 ו        
zayin  0.0909090909090909 0.091135 ז        
heth   0.0634559884559885 0.063182 ח        

PureBasic

<lang PureBasic>#times=1000000

Structure Item

 name.s
 prob.d
 Amount.i

EndStructure

If OpenConsole()

 Define i, j, d.d, e.d, txt.s
 Dim Mapps.Item(7)
 Mapps(0)\name="aleph": Mapps(0)\prob=1/5.0
 Mapps(1)\name="beth":  Mapps(1)\prob=1/6.0 
 Mapps(2)\name="gimel": Mapps(2)\prob=1/7.0 
 Mapps(3)\name="daleth":Mapps(3)\prob=1/8.0 
 Mapps(4)\name="he":    Mapps(4)\prob=1/9.0
 Mapps(5)\name="waw":   Mapps(5)\prob=1/10.0
 Mapps(6)\name="zayin": Mapps(6)\prob=1/11.0
 Mapps(7)\name="heth":  Mapps(7)\prob=1759/27720.0
 
 For i=1 To #times 
   d=Random(#MAXLONG)/#MAXLONG  ; Get a random number
   e=0.0
   For j=0 To ArraySize(Mapps())
     e+Mapps(j)\prob            ; Get span for current itme
     If d<=e                    ; Check if it is within this span?
       Mapps(j)\Amount+1        ; If so, count it.
       Break
     EndIf
   Next j
 Next i
 PrintN("Sample times: "+Str(#times)+#CRLF$)
 For j=0 To ArraySize(Mapps())
     d=Mapps(j)\Amount/#times
     txt=LSet(Mapps(j)\name,7)+" should be "+StrD(Mapps(j)\prob)+" is "+StrD(d)
     PrintN(txt+" | Deviatation "+RSet(StrD(100.0-100.0*Mapps(j)\prob/d,3),6)+"%")
 Next
 
 Print(#CRLF$+"Press ENTER to exit"):Input()
 CloseConsole()

EndIf</lang>

Output may look like

Sample times: 1000000

aleph   should be 0.2000000000 is 0.1995520000 | Deviatation -0.225%
beth    should be 0.1666666667 is 0.1673270000 | Deviatation  0.395%
gimel   should be 0.1428571429 is 0.1432040000 | Deviatation  0.242%
daleth  should be 0.1250000000 is 0.1251850000 | Deviatation  0.148%
he      should be 0.1111111111 is 0.1109550000 | Deviatation -0.141%
waw     should be 0.1000000000 is 0.0999220000 | Deviatation -0.078%
zayin   should be 0.0909090909 is 0.0902240000 | Deviatation -0.759%
heth    should be 0.0634559885 is 0.0636310000 | Deviatation  0.275%

Press ENTER to exit

Python

Two different algorithms are coded. <lang python>import random, bisect

def probchoice(items, probs):

 \
 Splits the interval 0.0-1.0 in proportion to probs
 then finds where each random.random() choice lies
 
 
 prob_accumulator = 0
 accumulator = []
 for p in probs:
   prob_accumulator += p
   accumulator.append(prob_accumulator)
   
 while True:
   r = random.random()
   yield items[bisect.bisect(accumulator, r)]

def probchoice2(items, probs, bincount=10000):

 \
 Puts items in bins in proportion to probs
 then uses random.choice() to select items.
 
 Larger bincount for more memory use but
 higher accuracy (on avarage).
 
 
 bins = []
 for item,prob in zip(items, probs):
   bins += [item]*int(bincount*prob)
 while True:
   yield random.choice(bins)
     
     

def tester(func=probchoice, items='good bad ugly'.split(),

                   probs=[0.5, 0.3, 0.2],
                   trials = 100000
                   ):
 def problist2string(probs):
   \
   Turns a list of probabilities into a string
   Also rounds FP values
   
   return ",".join('%8.6f' % (p,) for p in probs)
 
 from collections import defaultdict
  
 counter = defaultdict(int)
 it = func(items, probs)
 for dummy in xrange(trials):
   counter[it.next()] += 1
 print "\n##\n## %s\n##" % func.func_name.upper()  
 print "Trials:              ", trials
 print "Items:               ", ' '.join(items)
 print "Target probability:  ", problist2string(probs)
 print "Attained probability:", problist2string(
   counter[x]/float(trials) for x in items)

if __name__ == '__main__':

 items = 'aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth'.split()
 probs = [1/(float(n)+5) for n in range(len(items))]
 probs[-1] = 1-sum(probs[:-1])
 tester(probchoice, items, probs, 1000000)
 tester(probchoice2, items, probs, 1000000)</lang>

Sample output:

##
## PROBCHOICE
##
Trials:               1000000
Items:                aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth
Target probability:   0.200000,0.166667,0.142857,0.125000,0.111111,0.100000,0.090909,0.063456
Attained probability: 0.200050,0.167109,0.143364,0.124690,0.111237,0.099661,0.090338,0.063551

##
## PROBCHOICE2
##
Trials:               1000000
Items:                aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth
Target probability:   0.200000,0.166667,0.142857,0.125000,0.111111,0.100000,0.090909,0.063456
Attained probability: 0.199720,0.166424,0.142474,0.124561,0.111511,0.100313,0.091316,0.063681

R

<lang R>prob = c(aleph=1/5, beth=1/6, gimel=1/7, daleth=1/8, he=1/9, waw=1/10, zayin=1/11, heth=1759/27720)

 # Note that R doesn't actually require the weights
 # vector for rmultinom to sum to 1.

hebrew = c(rmultinom(1, 1e6, prob)) d = data.frame(

   Requested = prob,
   Obtained = hebrew/sum(hebrew))

print(d)</lang>

Sample output:

        Requested Obtained
aleph  0.20000000 0.200311
beth   0.16666667 0.167160
gimel  0.14285714 0.141997
daleth 0.12500000 0.124644
he     0.11111111 0.110984
waw    0.10000000 0.099927
zayin  0.09090909 0.091365
heth   0.06345599 0.063612

A histogram of the data is also possible using, for example, <lang R>library(ggplot2) qplot(factor(names(prob), levels = names(prob)), hebrew, geom = "histogram")</lang>

Racket

probabalistic-choice uses inexact (float) arithmetic

probabalistic-choice/exact uses fractions and greatest common denominators and the likes

The test submodule is used for unit tests, and is not run when this code is loaded as a module. Either run the program in DrRacket or run `raco test prob-choice.rkt`

<lang racket>#lang racket

returns a probabalistic choice from the sequence choices
choices generates two values -- the chosen value and a
probability (weight) of the choice.
Note that a hash where keys are choices and values are probabilities
is such a sequence.
if the total probability < 1 then choice could return #f
if the total probability > 1 then some choices may be impossible

(define (probabalistic-choice choices)

 (let-values
     (((_ choice) ;; the fold provides two values, we only need the second
                  ;; the first will always be a negative number showing that
                  ;; I've run out of random steam
       (for/fold
           ((rnd (random))
            (choice #f))
         (((v p) choices)
          #:break (<= rnd 0))
         (values (- rnd p) v))))
   choice))
ditto, but all probabilities must be exact rationals
the optional lcd
not the most efficient, since it provides a wrapper (and demo)
for p-c/i-w below

(define (probabalistic-choice/exact

        choices
        #:gcd (GCD (/ (apply gcd (hash-values choices)))))  
 (probabalistic-choice/integer-weights
  (for/hash (((k v) choices))
    (values k (* v GCD)))
  #:sum-of-weights GCD))
this proves useful in Rock-Paper-Scissors

(define (probabalistic-choice/integer-weights

        choices
        #:sum-of-weights (sum-of-weights (apply + (hash-values choices))))
 (let-values
     (((_ choice)
       (for/fold
           ((rnd (random sum-of-weights))
            (choice #f))
         (((v p) choices)
          #:break (< rnd 0))
         (values (- rnd p) v))))
   choice))

(module+ test

 (define test-samples (make-parameter 1000000))
 
 (define (test-p-c-function f w)
   (define test-selection (make-hash))    
   (for* ((i (in-range 0 (test-samples)))
          (c (in-value (f w))))
     (when (zero? (modulo i 100000)) (eprintf "~a," (quotient i 100000)))
     (hash-update! test-selection c add1 0))    
   (printf "~a~%choice\tcount\texpected\tratio\terror~%" f)
   (for* (((k v) (in-hash test-selection))
          (e (in-value (* (test-samples) (hash-ref w k)))))
     (printf "~a\t~a\t~a\t~a\t~a%~%"
             k v e
             (/ v (test-samples))
             (real->decimal-string
              (exact->inexact (* 100 (/ (- v e) e)))))))
 
 (define test-weightings/rosetta
   (hash
    'aleph 1/5
    'beth 1/6
    'gimel 1/7
    'daleth 1/8
    'he 1/9
    'waw 1/10
    'zayin 1/11
    'heth 1759/27720; adjusted so that probabilities add to 1
    ))
 
 (define test-weightings/50:50 (hash 'woo 1/2 'yay 1/2))
 (define test-weightings/1:2:3 (hash 'woo 1 'yay 2 'foo 3))
 
 (test-p-c-function probabalistic-choice test-weightings/50:50)
 (test-p-c-function probabalistic-choice/exact test-weightings/50:50)
 (test-p-c-function probabalistic-choice test-weightings/rosetta)  
 (test-p-c-function probabalistic-choice/exact test-weightings/rosetta))</lang>

Output (note that the progress counts, which go to standard error, are interleaved with the output on standard out)

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,#<procedure:probabalistic-choice>
choice	count	expected	ratio	error
yay	499744	500000	15617/31250	-0.05%
woo	500256	500000	15633/31250	0.05%
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,#<procedure:probabalistic-choice/exact>
choice	count	expected	ratio	error
yay	499852	500000	124963/250000	-0.03%
woo	500148	500000	125037/250000	0.03%
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,#<procedure:probabalistic-choice>
choice	count	expected	ratio	error
daleth	124964	125000	31241/250000	-0.03%
zayin	90233	1000000/11	90233/1000000	-0.74%
gimel	142494	1000000/7	71247/500000	-0.25%
heth	64045	43975000/693	12809/200000	0.93%
aleph	199690	200000	19969/100000	-0.15%
beth	166861	500000/3	166861/1000000	0.12%
waw	100075	100000	4003/40000	0.07%
he	111638	1000000/9	55819/500000	0.47%
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,#<procedure:probabalistic-choice/exact>
choice	count	expected	ratio	error
beth	166423	500000/3	166423/1000000	-0.15%
heth	63462	43975000/693	31731/500000	0.01%
daleth	125091	125000	125091/1000000	0.07%
waw	99820	100000	4991/50000	-0.18%
aleph	200669	200000	200669/1000000	0.33%
gimel	142782	1000000/7	71391/500000	-0.05%
zayin	90478	1000000/11	45239/500000	-0.47%
he	111275	1000000/9	4451/40000	0.15%

Raku

(formerly Perl 6)

Works with: Rakudo version 2018.10

<lang perl6>constant TRIALS = 1e6;

constant @event = <aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth>;

constant @P = flat (1 X/ 5 .. 11), 1759/27720; constant @cP = [\+] @P;

my atomicint @results[+@event]; (^TRIALS).race.map: { @results[ @cP.first: { $_ > once rand }, :k ]⚛++; }

say 'Event Occurred Expected Difference'; for ^@results {

   my ($occurred, $expected) = @results[$_], @P[$_] * TRIALS;
   printf "%-9s%8.0f%9.1f%12.1f\n",
           @event[$_],
               $occurred,
                    $expected,
                         abs $occurred - $expected;

}</lang>

Output:
Event    Occurred Expected  Difference
aleph      200369 200000.0       369.0
beth       167005 166666.7       338.3
gimel      142690 142857.1       167.1
daleth     125061 125000.0        61.0
he         110563 111111.1       548.1
waw        100214 100000.0       214.0
zayin       90617  90909.1       292.1
heth        63481  63456.0        25.0

REXX

Note:   REXX can generate random numbers up to a range of   100,000. <lang rexx>/*REXX program displays results of probabilistic choices, gen random #s per probability.*/ parse arg trials digs seed . /*obtain the optional arguments from CL*/ if trials== | trials=="," then trials= +1e6 /*Not specified? Then use the default.*/ if digs== | digs=="," then digs= 15 /* " " " " " " */ if datatype(seed, 'W') then call random ,,seed /*allows repeatability for RANDOM nums.*/ numeric digits digs /*use a specific number of decimal digs*/ names= 'aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin heth ───totals───►' /*names of the cells.*/ hi= 100000 /*max REXX RANDOM num*/ z= words(names); #= z - 1 /*#: the number of actual/usable names.*/ $= 0 /*initialize sum of the probabilities. */

          do n=1  for #;    prob.n= 1 / (n+4);     if n==#  then prob.n= 1759 / 27720
          $= $ + prob.n;   Hprob.n= prob.n * hi /*spread the range of probabilities.   */
          end   /*n*/

prob.z= $ /*define the value of the ───totals───.*/ @.= 0 /*initialize all counters in the range.*/ @.z= trials /*define the last counter of " " */

          do j=1  for trials;    r= random(hi)  /*gen  TRIAL  number of random numbers.*/
              do k=1  for #                     /*for each cell, compute  percentages. */
              if r<=Hprob.k  then @.k= @.k + 1  /* "    "    "  range, bump the counter*/
              end   /*k*/
          end       /*j*/

_= '═' /*_: padding used by the CENTER BIF.*/ w= digs + 6 /*W: display width for the percentages*/ d= 4 + max( length(trials), length('count') ) /* [↓] display a formatted top header.*/ say center('name',15,_) center('count',d,_) center('target %',w,_) center('actual %',w,_)

    do cell=1  for z                            /*display each of the cells and totals.*/
    say  ' '   left( word(names, cell), 13)             right(@.cell, d-2)  " " ,
               left( format(   prob.cell   * 100, d),   w-2) ,
               left( format( @.cell/trials * 100, d),   w-2)   /* [↓]  foot title. [↓] */
    if cell==#  then say  center(_,15,_)   center(_,d,_)    center(_,w,_)   center(_,w,_)
    end   /*c*/                                 /*stick a fork in it,  we are all done.*/</lang>
output   when using the default input:
═════name══════ ═══count═══ ══════target %═══════ ══════actual %═══════
  aleph            200135            20                  20.0135
  beth             166912            16.6666666          16.6912
  gimel            143222            14.2857142          14.3222
  daleth           124991            12.5                12.4991
  he               111259            11.1111111          11.1259
  waw              100049            10                  10.0049
  zayin             90978             9.0909090           9.0978
  heth              63278             6.3455988           6.3278
═══════════════ ═══════════ ═════════════════════ ═════════════════════
  ───totals───►   1000000           100                 100

Ring

<lang ring>

  1. Project : Probabilistic choice

cnt = list(8) item = ["aleph","beth","gimel","daleth","he","waw","zayin","heth"] prob = [1/5.0, 1/6.0, 1/7.0, 1/8.0, 1/9.0, 1/10.0, 1/11.0, 1759/27720]

for trial = 1 to 1000000

   r = random(10)/10
   p = 0
   for i = 1 to len(prob)
       p = p + prob[i]
       if r < p 
          cnt[i] = cnt[i] + 1
          loop
       ok
   next

next

see "item actual theoretical" + nl for i = 1 to len(item)

   see "" + item[i] + "    " + cnt[i]/1000000 + "    " + prob[i] + nl

next </lang> Output:

item     actual      theoretical
aleph    0.091307    0.200000
beth     0.181073    0.166667
gimel    0.181884    0.142857
daleth   0.090985    0.125000
he       0.090958    0.111111
waw      0.091064    0.100000
zayin    0.091061    0.090909
heth     0           0.063456

Ruby

<lang ruby>probabilities = {

 "aleph"  => 1/5.0,
 "beth"   => 1/6.0,
 "gimel"  => 1/7.0,
 "daleth" => 1/8.0,
 "he"     => 1/9.0,
 "waw"    => 1/10.0,
 "zayin"  => 1/11.0,

} probabilities["heth"] = 1.0 - probabilities.each_value.inject(:+) ordered_keys = probabilities.keys

sum, sums = 0.0, {} ordered_keys.each do |key|

 sum += probabilities[key]
 sums[key] = sum

end

actual = Hash.new(0)

samples = 1_000_000 samples.times do

 r = rand
 for k in ordered_keys
   if r < sums[k]
     actual[k] += 1
     break
   end
 end

end

puts "key expected actual diff" for k in ordered_keys

 act = Float(actual[k]) / samples
 val = probabilities[k]
 printf "%-8s%.8f  %.8f  %6.3f %%\n", k, val, act, 100*(act-val)/val

end</lang>

Output:
key     expected    actual        diff
aleph   0.20000000  0.19949200  -0.254 %
beth    0.16666667  0.16689900   0.139 %
gimel   0.14285714  0.14309300   0.165 %
daleth  0.12500000  0.12494200  -0.046 %
he      0.11111111  0.11037800  -0.660 %
waw     0.10000000  0.10030100   0.301 %
zayin   0.09090909  0.09162700   0.790 %
heth    0.06345599  0.06326800  -0.296 %

Rust

<lang Rust>extern crate rand;

use rand::distributions::{IndependentSample, Sample, Weighted, WeightedChoice}; use rand::{weak_rng, Rng};

const DATA: [(&str, f64); 8] = [

   ("aleph", 1.0 / 5.0),
   ("beth", 1.0 / 6.0),
   ("gimel", 1.0 / 7.0),
   ("daleth", 1.0 / 8.0),
   ("he", 1.0 / 9.0),
   ("waw", 1.0 / 10.0),
   ("zayin", 1.0 / 11.0),
   ("heth", 1759.0 / 27720.0),

];

const SAMPLES: usize = 1_000_000;

/// Generate a mapping to be used by `WeightedChoice` fn gen_mapping() -> Vec<Weighted<usize>> {

   DATA.iter()
       .enumerate()
       .map(|(i, &(_, p))| Weighted {
           // `WeightedChoice` requires `u32` weights rather than raw probabilities.  For each
           // probability, we convert it to a `u32` weight, and associate it with an index. We
           // multiply by a constant because small numbers such as 0.2 when casted to `u32`
           // become `0`.  This conversion decreases the accuracy of the mapping, which is why we
           // provide an implementation which uses `f64`s for the best accuracy.
           weight: (p * 1_000_000_000.0) as u32,
           item: i,
       })
       .collect()

}

/// Generate a mapping of the raw probabilities fn gen_mapping_float() -> Vec<f64> {

   // This does the work of `WeightedChoice::new`, splitting a number into various ranges.  The
   // `item` of `Weighted` is represented here merely by the probability's position in the `Vec`.
   let mut running_total = 0.0;
   DATA.iter()
       .map(|&(_, p)| {
           running_total += p;
           running_total
       })
       .collect()

}

/// An implementation of `WeightedChoice` which uses probabilities rather than weights. Refer to /// the `WeightedChoice` source for serious usage. struct WcFloat {

   mapping: Vec<f64>,

}

impl WcFloat {

   fn new(mapping: &[f64]) -> Self {
       Self {
           mapping: mapping.to_vec(),
       }
   }
   // This is roughly the same logic as `WeightedChoice::ind_sample` (though is likely slower)
   fn search(&self, sample_prob: f64) -> usize {
       let idx = self.mapping
           .binary_search_by(|p| p.partial_cmp(&sample_prob).unwrap());
       match idx {
           Ok(i) | Err(i) => i,
       }
   }

}

impl IndependentSample<usize> for WcFloat {

   fn ind_sample<R: Rng>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> usize {
       // Because we know the total is exactly 1.0, we can merely use a raw float value.
       // Otherwise caching `Range::new(0.0, running_total)` and sampling with
       // `range.ind_sample(&mut rng)` is recommended.
       let sample_prob = rng.next_f64();
       self.search(sample_prob)
   }

}

impl Sample<usize> for WcFloat {

   fn sample<R: Rng>(&mut self, rng: &mut R) -> usize {
       self.ind_sample(rng)
   }

}

fn take_samples<R: Rng, T>(rng: &mut R, wc: &T) -> [usize; 8] where

   T: IndependentSample<usize>,

{

   let mut counts = [0; 8];
   for _ in 0..SAMPLES {
       let sample = wc.ind_sample(rng);
       counts[sample] += 1;
   }
   counts

}

fn print_mapping(counts: &[usize]) {

   println!("Item   | Expected | Actual   ");
   println!("-------+----------+----------");
   for (&(name, expected), &count) in DATA.iter().zip(counts.iter()) {
       let real = count as f64 / SAMPLES as f64;
       println!("{:6} | {:.6} | {:.6}", name, expected, real);
   }

}

fn main() {

   let mut rng = weak_rng();
   println!("    ~~~ U32 METHOD ~~~");
   let mut mapping = gen_mapping();
   let wc = WeightedChoice::new(&mut mapping);
   let counts = take_samples(&mut rng, &wc);
   print_mapping(&counts);
   println!();
   println!("   ~~~ FLOAT METHOD ~~~");
   // initialize the float version of `WeightedChoice`
   let mapping = gen_mapping_float();
   let wc = WcFloat::new(&mapping);
   let counts = take_samples(&mut rng, &wc);
   print_mapping(&counts);

}</lang>

Output:
    ~~~ U32 METHOD ~~~
Item   | Expected | Actual   
-------+----------+----------
aleph  | 0.200000 | 0.200195
beth   | 0.166667 | 0.166182
gimel  | 0.142857 | 0.142502
daleth | 0.125000 | 0.125503
he     | 0.111111 | 0.110820
waw    | 0.100000 | 0.100166
zayin  | 0.090909 | 0.090927
heth   | 0.063456 | 0.063705

   ~~~ FLOAT METHOD ~~~
Item   | Expected | Actual   
-------+----------+----------
aleph  | 0.200000 | 0.199984
beth   | 0.166667 | 0.166634
gimel  | 0.142857 | 0.143218
daleth | 0.125000 | 0.124956
he     | 0.111111 | 0.111047
waw    | 0.100000 | 0.099805
zayin  | 0.090909 | 0.090513
heth   | 0.063456 | 0.063843

Scala

This algorithm consists of a concise two-line tail-recursive loop (def weighted). The rest of the code is for API robustness, testing and display. weightedProb is for the task as stated (0 < p < 1), and weightedFreq is the equivalent based on integer frequencies (f >= 0). <lang Scala>object ProbabilisticChoice extends App {

 import scala.collection.mutable.LinkedHashMap
 def weightedProb[A](prob: LinkedHashMap[A,Double]): A = {
   require(prob.forall{case (_, p) => p > 0 && p < 1})
   assume(prob.values.sum == 1)
   def weighted(todo: Iterator[(A,Double)], rand: Double, accum: Double = 0): A = todo.next match {
     case (s, i) if rand < (accum + i) => s
     case (_, i) => weighted(todo, rand, accum + i)
   }
   weighted(prob.toIterator, scala.util.Random.nextDouble)
 }
 def weightedFreq[A](freq: LinkedHashMap[A,Int]): A = {
   require(freq.forall{case (_, f) => f >= 0})
   require(freq.values.sum > 0)
   def weighted(todo: Iterator[(A,Int)], rand: Int, accum: Int = 0): A = todo.next match {
     case (s, i) if rand < (accum + i) => s
     case (_, i) => weighted(todo, rand, accum + i)
   }
   weighted(freq.toIterator, scala.util.Random.nextInt(freq.values.sum))
 }
 // Tests:
 val probabilities = LinkedHashMap(
   'aleph  -> 1.0/5,
   'beth   -> 1.0/6,
   'gimel  -> 1.0/7,
   'daleth -> 1.0/8,
   'he     -> 1.0/9,
   'waw    -> 1.0/10,
   'zayin  -> 1.0/11,
   'heth   -> 1759.0/27720
 )
 val frequencies = LinkedHashMap(
   'aleph  -> 200,
   'beth   -> 167,
   'gimel  -> 143,
   'daleth -> 125,
   'he     -> 111,
   'waw    -> 100,
   'zayin  -> 91,
   'heth   -> 63
 )
 def check[A](original: LinkedHashMap[A,Double], results: Seq[A]) {
   val freq = results.groupBy(x => x).mapValues(_.size.toDouble/results.size)
   original.foreach{case (k, v) =>
     val a = v/original.values.sum
     val b = freq(k)
     val c = if (Math.abs(a - b) < 0.001) "ok" else "**"
     println(f"$k%10s  $a%.4f  $b%.4f  $c")
   }
   println(" "*10 + f"  ${1}%.4f  ${freq.values.sum}%.4f")
 }
 println("Checking weighted probabilities:")
 check(probabilities, for (i <- 1 to 1000000) yield weightedProb(probabilities))
 println
 println("Checking weighted frequencies:")
 check(frequencies.map{case (a, b) => a -> b.toDouble}, for (i <- 1 to 1000000) yield weightedFreq(frequencies))

}</lang>

Output:
Checking weighted probabilities:
    'aleph  0.2000  0.2001  ok
     'beth  0.1667  0.1665  ok
    'gimel  0.1429  0.1430  ok
   'daleth  0.1250  0.1248  ok
       'he  0.1111  0.1112  ok
      'waw  0.1000  0.1000  ok
    'zayin  0.0909  0.0911  ok
     'heth  0.0635  0.0632  ok
            1.0000  1.0000

Checking weighted frequencies:
    'aleph  0.2000  0.2000  ok
     'beth  0.1670  0.1672  ok
    'gimel  0.1430  0.1432  ok
   'daleth  0.1250  0.1243  ok
       'he  0.1110  0.1105  ok
      'waw  0.1000  0.1002  ok
    'zayin  0.0910  0.0913  ok
     'heth  0.0630  0.0632  ok
            1.0000  1.0000

Scheme

Using guile scheme 2.0.11.

<lang scheme>(use-modules (ice-9 format))

(define (random-choice probs)

 (define choice (random 1.0))
 (define (helper val prob-lis)
   (let ((nval (- val (cadar prob-lis))))
     (if
      (< nval 0)
      (caar prob-lis)
      (helper nval (cdr prob-lis)))))
 (helper choice probs))

(define (add-result result delta table)

 (cond
  ((null? table) (list (list result delta)))
  ((eq? (caar table) result)
   (cons (list result (+ (cadar table) delta)) (cdr table)))
  (#t (cons (car table) (add-result result delta (cdr table))))))

(define (choices trials probs)

 (define (helper trial-num freq-table)
   (if
    (= trial-num trials)
    freq-table
    (helper
     (+ trial-num 1)
     (add-result (random-choice probs) (/ 1 trials) freq-table))))
 (helper 0 '()))

(define (format-results probs results)

 (for-each
  (lambda (x)
    (format
     #t
     "~10a~10,5f~10,5f~%"
     (car x)
     (cadr x)
     (cadr (assoc (car x) results))))
  probs))

(define probs

 '((aleph 1/5) (beth 1/6) (gimel 1/7) (daleth 1/8)
   (he 1/9) (waw 1/10) (zayin 1/11) (heth 1759/27720)))

(format-results probs (choices 1000000 probs))</lang>

Example output:

aleph        0.20000   0.20051
beth         0.16667   0.16680
gimel        0.14286   0.14231
daleth       0.12500   0.12538
he           0.11111   0.11136
waw          0.10000   0.09955
zayin        0.09091   0.09096
heth         0.06346   0.06313

Seed7

To reduce the runtime this program should be compiled. <lang seed7>$ include "seed7_05.s7i";

 include "float.s7i";

const type: letter is new enum

   aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth
 end enum;

const func string: str (in letter: aLetter) is

   return [] ("aleph", "beth", "gimel", "daleth", "he", "waw", "zayin", "heth") [succ(ord(aLetter))];

enable_output(letter);

const array [letter] integer: table is [letter] (

   5544, 4620, 3960, 3465, 3080, 2772, 2520, 1759);

const func letter: randomLetter is func

 result
   var letter: resultLetter is aleph;
 local
   var integer: number is 0;
 begin
   number := rand(1, 27720);
   while number > table[resultLetter] do
     number -:= table[resultLetter];
     incr(resultLetter);
   end while;
 end func;

const proc: main is func

 local
   var integer: count is 0;
   var letter: aLetter is aleph;
   var array [letter] integer: occurrence is letter times 0;
 begin
   for count range 1 to 1000000 do
     aLetter := randomLetter;
     incr(occurrence[aLetter]);
   end for;
   writeln("Name   Count  Ratio    Expected");
   for aLetter range letter.first to letter.last do
     writeln(aLetter rpad 7 <& occurrence[aLetter] lpad 6 <&
             flt(occurrence[aLetter]) / 10000.9 digits 4 lpad 8 <& "%" <&
             100.0 * flt(table[aLetter]) / 27720.0 digits 4 lpad 8 <& "%");
   end for;
 end func;</lang>

Outout:

Name   Count  Ratio    Expected
aleph  199788 19.9770% 20.0000%
beth   166897 16.6882% 16.6667%
gimel  143103 14.3090% 14.2857%
daleth 125060 12.5049% 12.5000%
he     110848 11.0838% 11.1111%
waw     99550  9.9541% 10.0000%
zayin   90918  9.0910%  9.0909%
heth    63836  6.3830%  6.3456%

Sidef

Translation of: Perl

<lang ruby>define TRIALS = 1e4;   func prob_choice_picker(options) {

   var n = 0;
   var a = [];
   options.each { |k,v|
       n += v;
       a << [n, k];
   }
   func {
       var r = 1.rand;
       a.first{|e| r <= e[0] }[1];
   }

}   var ps = Hash(

  aleph  => 1/5,
  beth   => 1/6,
  gimel  => 1/7,
  daleth => 1/8,
  he     => 1/9,
  waw    => 1/10,
  zayin  => 1/11

)   ps{:heth} = (1 - ps.values.sum)   var picker = prob_choice_picker(ps) var results = Hash()   TRIALS.times {

   results{picker()} := 0 ++;

}   say "Event Occurred Expected Difference"; for k,v in (results.sort_by {|k| results{k} }.reverse) {

   printf("%-6s  %f  %f  %f\n",
       k, v/TRIALS, ps{k},
       abs(v/TRIALS - ps{k})
   );

}</lang>

Output:
Event   Occurred  Expected  Difference
aleph   0.196300  0.200000  0.003700
beth    0.165600  0.166667  0.001067
gimel   0.143700  0.142857  0.000843
daleth  0.123900  0.125000  0.001100
he      0.111800  0.111111  0.000689
waw     0.101900  0.100000  0.001900
zayin   0.088100  0.090909  0.002809
heth    0.068800  0.063456  0.005344

Stata

<lang stata>clear mata letters="aleph","beth","gimel","daleth","he","waw","zayin","heth" a=letters[rdiscrete(10000,1,(1/5,1/6,1/7,1/8,1/9,1/10,1/11,1759/27720))]' st_addobs(10000) st_addvar("str10","a") st_sstore(.,.,a) end</lang>

Tcl

<lang tcl>package require Tcl 8.5

set map [dict create] set sum 0.0

foreach name {aleph beth gimel daleth he waw zayin} \

       prob {1/5.0 1/6.0 1/7.0 1/8.0 1/9.0 1/10.0 1/11.0} \

{

   set prob [expr $prob]
   set sum [expr {$sum + $prob}]
   dict set map $name [dict create probability $prob limit $sum count 0]

} dict set map heth [dict create probability [expr {1.0 - $sum}] limit 1.0 count 0]

set samples 1000000 for {set i 0} {$i < $samples} {incr i} {

   set n [expr {rand()}]
   foreach name [dict keys $map] {
       if {$n <= [dict get $map $name limit]} {
           set count [dict get $map $name count]
           dict set map $name count [incr count]
           break
       }
   }

}

puts "using $samples samples:" puts [format "%-10s %-21s %-9s %s" "" expected actual difference]

dict for {name submap} $map {

   dict with submap {
       set actual [expr {$count * 1.0 / $samples}]
       puts [format "%-10s %-21s %-9s %4.2f%%" $name $probability $actual \
               [expr {abs($actual - $probability)/$probability*100.0}]
            ]
   }

}</lang>

using 1000000 samples:
           expected              actual    difference
aleph      0.2                   0.199641  0.18%
beth       0.16666666666666666   0.1674    0.44%
gimel      0.14285714285714285   0.143121  0.18%
daleth     0.125                 0.124864  0.11%
he         0.1111111111111111    0.111036  0.07%
waw        0.1                   0.100021  0.02%
zayin      0.09090909090909091   0.09018   0.80%
heth       0.06345598845598843   0.063737  0.44%

Ursala

The stochasm library function used here constructs a weighted non-deterministic choice of a set of functions. The pseudo-random number generator is a 64 bit Mersenne twistor implemented by the run time system.

<lang Ursala>#import std

  1. import nat
  2. import flo

outcomes = <'aleph ','beth ','gimel ','daleth','he ','waw ','zayin ','heth '> probabilities = ^lrNCT(~&,minus/1.+ plus:-0) div/*1. float* skip/5 iota12

simulation =

^(~&rn,div+ float~~rmPlX)^*D/~& iota; ^A(~&h,length)*K2+ * stochasm@p/probabilities !* outcomes

format =

/' frequency probability'+ * ^lrlrTPT/~&n (printf/'%12.8f')^~/~&m outcomes-$probabilities@n
  1. show+

results = format simulation 1000000</lang> output:

        frequency   probability
daleth  0.12484500  0.12500000
beth    0.16680600  0.16666667
aleph   0.19973700  0.20000000
waw     0.10016900  0.10000000
gimel   0.14293100  0.14285714
he      0.11131100  0.11111111
zayin   0.09104700  0.09090909
heth    0.06315400  0.06345599

VBScript

Derived from the BBC BASIC version <lang vb> item = Array("aleph","beth","gimel","daleth","he","waw","zayin","heth") prob = Array(1/5.0, 1/6.0, 1/7.0, 1/8.0, 1/9.0, 1/10.0, 1/11.0, 1759/27720) Dim cnt(7)

'Terminate script if sum of probabilities <> 1. sum = 0 For i = 0 To UBound(prob) sum = sum + prob(i) Next

If sum <> 1 Then WScript.Quit End If

For trial = 1 To 1000000 r = Rnd(1) p = 0 For i = 0 To UBound(prob) p = p + prob(i) If r < p Then cnt(i) = cnt(i) + 1 Exit For End If Next Next

WScript.StdOut.Write "item" & vbTab & "actual" & vbTab & vbTab & "theoretical" WScript.StdOut.WriteLine For i = 0 To UBound(item) WScript.StdOut.Write item(i) & vbTab & FormatNumber(cnt(i)/1000000,6) & vbTab & FormatNumber(prob(i),6) WScript.StdOut.WriteLine Next</lang>

Output:
item	actual		theoretical
aleph	0.199755	0.200000
beth	0.166861	0.166667
gimel	0.143240	0.142857
daleth	0.124474	0.125000
he	0.110879	0.111111
waw	0.100341	0.100000
zayin	0.090745	0.090909
heth	0.063705	0.063456

Wren

Translation of: Kotlin
Library: Wren-fmt

<lang ecmascript>import "random" for Random import "/fmt" for Fmt

var letters = ["aleph", "beth", "gimel", "daleth", "he", "waw", "zayin", "heth"] var actual = [0] * 8 var probs = [1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11, 0] var cumProbs = [0] * 8

cumProbs[0] = probs[0] for (i in 1..6) cumProbs[i] = cumProbs[i-1] + probs[i] cumProbs[7] = 1 probs[7] = 1 - cumProbs[6] var n = 1e6 var rand = Random.new() (1..n).each { |i|

   var r = rand.float()
   var index = (r <= cumProbs[0]) ? 0 :
               (r <= cumProbs[1]) ? 1 :
               (r <= cumProbs[2]) ? 2 :
               (r <= cumProbs[3]) ? 3 :
               (r <= cumProbs[4]) ? 4 :
               (r <= cumProbs[5]) ? 5 :
               (r <= cumProbs[6]) ? 6 : 7
   actual[index] = actual[index] + 1

}

var sumActual = 0 System.print("Letter\t Actual Expected") System.print("------\t-------- --------") for (i in 0..7) {

   var generated = actual[i]/n
   Fmt.print("$s\t$8.6f   $8.6f", letters[i], generated, probs[i])
   sumActual = sumActual + generated

} System.print("\t-------- --------") Fmt.print("\t$8.6f 1.000000", sumActual)</lang>

Output:

Sample run:

Letter	 Actual    Expected
------	--------   --------
aleph	0.200037   0.200000
beth	0.166643   0.166667
gimel	0.143012   0.142857
daleth	0.125219   0.125000
he	0.111183   0.111111
waw	0.099510   0.100000
zayin	0.091015   0.090909
heth	0.063381   0.063456
	--------   --------
	1.000000   1.000000

XPL0

<lang XPL0>include c:\cxpl\codes; def Size = 10_000_000; int Tbl(12+1); int I, J, N; real X, S0, S1; [for J:= 5 to 12 do Tbl(J):= 0;

for I:= 0 to 1_000_000-1 do                    \generate one million items
       [N:= Ran(Size);
       for J:= 5 to 11 do
               [N:= N - Size/J;
               if N < 0 then [Tbl(J):= Tbl(J)+1;  J:= 100];
               ];
       if J=12 then Tbl(12):= Tbl(12)+1;
       ];

S0:= 0.0; S1:= 0.0; for J:= 5 to 11 do

       [X:= 1.0/float(J);                      RlOut(0, X);  S0:= S0+X;
        X:= float(Tbl(J)) / 1_000_000.0;       RlOut(0, X);  S1:= S1+X;
       CrLf(0);
       ];

X:= 1759.0 / 27720.0; RlOut(0, X); S0:= S0+X; X:= float(Tbl(12)) / 1_000_000.0; RlOut(0, X); S1:= S1+X; CrLf(0); Text(0, " ------- ------- "); RlOut(0, S0); RlOut(0, S1); ]</lang>

Output:

    0.20000    0.20012
    0.16667    0.16679
    0.14286    0.14305
    0.12500    0.12510
    0.11111    0.11113
    0.10000    0.09990
    0.09091    0.09077
    0.06346    0.06313
    -------    -------
    1.00000    1.00000

zkl

Translation of: C

<lang zkl>var names=T("aleph", "beth", "gimel", "daleth", "he", "waw", "zayin", "heth"); var ptable=T(5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0).apply('/.fp(1.0)); ptable=ptable.append(1.0-ptable.sum(0.0)); // add last weight to sum to 1.0 var [const] N=ptable.len();

fcn ridx{ i:=0; s:=(0.0).random(1);

  while((s-=ptable[i]) > 0) { i+=1 }
  i

}

const M=0d1_000_000; var r=(0).pump(N,List,T(Ref,0)); // list of references to int 0 (0).pump(M,Void,fcn{r[ridx()].inc()}); // 1,000,000 weighted random #s

r=r.apply("value").apply("toFloat"); // (reference to int)-->int-->float

println(" Name Count Ratio Expected"); foreach i in (N){

  "%6s%7d %7.4f%% %7.4f%%".fmt(names[i], r[i], r[i]/M*100,

ptable[i]*100).println(); }</lang>

Output:
  Name  Count    Ratio Expected
 aleph 200214 20.0214% 20.0000%
  beth 166399 16.6399% 16.6667%
 gimel 143100 14.3100% 14.2857%
daleth 125197 12.5197% 12.5000%
    he 111167 11.1167% 11.1111%
   waw 100097 10.0097% 10.0000%
 zayin  90692  9.0692%  9.0909%
  heth  63162  6.3162%  6.3456%