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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Discrete random with given distribution ?
Date: 13 Jun 2002 07:35:02 -0600
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In article <aea288$cen$1@dolly.uninett.no>, Reinert Korsnes <reinert.korsnes@chello.no> writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it under Ada any "natural" way to generate random
> elements of enumeration type (for example (a,b,c))
> and with a given non-uniform probability distribution ?

If you want truly random data, you need a connection to some physical
source of randomness, such as thermistor noise.

If you really meant "pseudo-random", continue the discussion.

> I.e. so for example "a" is produced by probability 1/2
> and "b" and "c" both with probability 1/4 ?
> 
> (Yes, I can do it via Float_Random, but the code looks ugly).