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Posted: **10 Sep 2021, 13:57**

I have 4 numbers [1, 2, 3, 4]

I want to pick numbers out of this list randomly while giving the most probability to 1 (approx 0.43), next 3 (approx 0.38), and least and equal probabilities to 2 and 4 (approx 0.09 each).

How can I do this in Lua?

This is what I have tried so far.

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codeList = {1, 2, 3, 4}
number = codeList[math.random(#codeList)]

Posted: **10 Sep 2021, 14:33**

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/234 ... ased-on-it

Posted: **10 Sep 2021, 14:36**

Hello,

maybe something like this?

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function getNumber()
    local codeList={1,2,3,4}
    local prob={0.43,0.38,0.095,0.095}
    local r=math.random()
    local index=1
    local v=prob[index]
    while r>v do
        index=index+1
        v=v+prob[index]
    end
    local number=codeList[index]
    return number
end

You can probably find a nicer algorithm though ;)

Cheers

Posted: **10 Sep 2021, 15:30**

fferri wrote: ↑10 Sep 2021, 14:33 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/234 ... ased-on-it

This worked! Thank you so much

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