Re: Random With Odds
| From: | (Richard Lynch) | Date: | Tue, 04 Jul 2000 03:03:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Random With Odds | ||
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In article <004001bfe541$85fdc920$4414fea9@catalano2>, nick4753@nozone.net
("Nick Catalano") wrote:
> I am about to create a BIG script that will allow a banner to rotate.. I
> want to allow the user to select a weight for each banner.. 1 showing up
> 1.5x as much as 2, 2 showing up 1.5x more than 3, 3 showing up 1.5x more
> than 4, etc... how would I do that?? is there a way to setup rand to take in
> account the odds of picking one number, and is it possible to change those
> odds??
Maybe some sort of logarithm of the output of rand(). You really can't
mess with the distribution odds of rand itself...
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