How do you sample from a list of probabilities that add up to 1 in python.
Ex. List: [0.1, 0.8, 0.1] The first element would be chosen 10% of the time, the second 80%, and the third 10%
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Use the weights allowed by the random.choices function. For example:
import random
floats = [0.1, 0.8, 0.1]
weights = [0.1, 0.8, 0.1]
k = 1
choice = random.choices(population=floats, weights=weights, k=k)
print(choice)
It returns it as a list because you can have k equal the number of items you want to choose.
Evan Bloemer
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That's a clever solution. Unfortunately I am using floats, so I don't think creating a list of the required size would be practical – Alex Jul 03 '19 at 08:09
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`random.choice actually` accepts a vector of probabilities associated to the input vector – yatu Jul 03 '19 at 08:12
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I edited my answer given the above feedback. – Evan Bloemer Jul 03 '19 at 08:18