import java.util.EnumMap; public class Prob { public static long TRIALS= 1000000; public enum Glyph{ ALEPH, BETH, GIMEL, DALETH, HE, WAW, ZAYIN, HETH; } public static EnumMap probs = new EnumMap(Glyph.class){{ put(Glyph.ALEPH, 1/5.0); put(Glyph.BETH, 1/6.0); put(Glyph.GIMEL, 1/7.0); put(Glyph.DALETH, 1/8.0); put(Glyph.HE, 1/9.0); put(Glyph.WAW, 1/10.0); put(Glyph.ZAYIN, 1/11.0); put(Glyph.HETH, 1759./27720); }}; public static EnumMap counts = new EnumMap(Glyph.class){{ put(Glyph.ALEPH, 0.);put(Glyph.BETH, 0.); put(Glyph.GIMEL, 0.);put(Glyph.DALETH, 0.); put(Glyph.HE, 0.);put(Glyph.WAW, 0.); put(Glyph.ZAYIN, 0.);put(Glyph.HETH, 0.); }}; public static void main(String[] args){ System.out.println("Target probabliities:\t" + probs); for(long i = 0; i < TRIALS; i++){ Glyph choice = getChoice(); counts.put(choice, counts.get(choice) + 1); } //correct the counts to probablities in (0..1] for(Glyph glyph:counts.keySet()){ counts.put(glyph, counts.get(glyph) / TRIALS); } System.out.println("Actual probabliities:\t" + counts); } private static Glyph getChoice() { double rand = Math.random(); for(Glyph item:Glyph.values()){ if(rand < probs.get(item)){ return item; } rand -= probs.get(item); } return null; } }