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Choosing random numbers with weights/probability?

Jul 5th, 2000 10:00
Nathan Wallace, unknown unknown, Hans Nowak, Snippet 175, Darrell

"""
Packages: maths.random
"""
import whrandom
def popList(l):
 selList=[]
 for i in l:
  for v in range(i[1]):
   selList.append(i[0])
 return selList
list=popList([('one',25),('two',50),('three',25)])
item=whrandom.choice(list)
print item  # added by PSST