randchoice - Pick random choices from lists.
A micro library for picking random item(s) from lists.
The population of lists can be weighted if required.
Inspired by Python's random.choices.
Usage Lists
A simple usage example:
main() {
print('\nExample 1 - Pick 1 from a list.');
print(RandomChoice.choices(['a', 'b', 'c'])[0]);
print('\nExample 2 - Pick 2 from a list.');
var results = RandomChoice.choices(['red', 'green', 'blue', 'alpha'], 2);
print(results[0]);
print(results[1]);
print('\nExample 3 - Pick 10 from a list and ');
print('weight the elephants to be twice as likely.');
results = RandomChoice.choices(['elephant', 'frog'], 10, [2, 1]);
results.forEach((String animal) => print('\t$animal'));
print('\nExample 4 - Pick 10 from a list and ');
print('weight the elephants to be four times as likely.');
results = RandomChoice.choices(['elephant', 'frog'], 10, [4, 1]);
results.forEach((String animal) => print('\t$animal'));
}
Features and bugs
Please file feature requests and bugs at the issue tracker.