fraction_life 0.0.1 → 0.0.2
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data/lib/fraction_life.rb
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# FractionLife
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# FractionLife module is a weighted randomizer that returns a single integer.
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# The randomizer is called with the <tt>generate</tt> method:
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# FractionLife.generate()
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# Half the time that call returns 1. Of the other half of the time, half the
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# time it returns 2. Of the other half of *that* time, half the time it returns
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# 3, etc. So the chances of any given integer n being returned is .5 ^ n.
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module FractionLife
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# <tt>generate</tt> is FractionLife's only method. It returns a random
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# integer as described above.
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# If the <tt>odds</tt> param is given, that value is used to indicate the
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# probability of each iteration returning a value. So, for example, this
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# call:
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# FractionLife.generate(0.75)
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# has a .75 chance of returning 1.
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# The <tt>start</tt> param indicates what integer to start at.
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def self.generate(odds=0.5, start=1)
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# FractionLife
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end
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