RosettaCodeData/Task/Probabilistic-choice/JavaScript/probabilistic-choice-1.js

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JavaScript

var probabilities = {
aleph: 1/5.0,
beth: 1/6.0,
gimel: 1/7.0,
daleth: 1/8.0,
he: 1/9.0,
waw: 1/10.0,
zayin: 1/11.0,
heth: 1759/27720
};
var sum = 0;
var iterations = 1000000;
var cumulative = {};
var randomly = {};
for (var name in probabilities) {
sum += probabilities[name];
cumulative[name] = sum;
randomly[name] = 0;
}
for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
var r = Math.random();
for (var name in cumulative) {
if (r <= cumulative[name]) {
randomly[name]++;
break;
}
}
}
for (var name in probabilities)
// using WSH
WScript.Echo(name + "\t" + probabilities[name] + "\t" + randomly[name]/iterations);