dice

Rolls a dice with relative probabilities stored in proportions. Returns the index in proportions that was chosen.

Parameters

proportions Range

forward range or list of individual values whose elements correspond to the probabilities with which to choose the corresponding index value

Return Value

Type: size_t

Random variate drawn from the index values [0, ... proportions.length - 1], with the probability of getting an individual index value i being proportional to proportions[i].

Examples

auto x = dice(0.5, 0.5);   // x is 0 or 1 in equal proportions
auto y = dice(50, 50);     // y is 0 or 1 in equal proportions
auto z = dice(70, 20, 10); // z is 0 70% of the time, 1 20% of the time,
                           // and 2 10% of the time
auto rnd = MinstdRand0(42);
auto z = rnd.dice(70, 20, 10);
assert(z == 0);
z = rnd.dice(30, 20, 40, 10);
assert(z == 2);

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