RosettaCodeData/Task/Probabilistic-choice/BBC-BASIC/probabilistic-choice.basic

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DIM item$(7), prob(7), cnt%(7)
item$() = "aleph","beth","gimel","daleth","he","waw","zayin","heth"
prob() = 1/5.0, 1/6.0, 1/7.0, 1/8.0, 1/9.0, 1/10.0, 1/11.0, 1759/27720
IF ABS(SUM(prob())-1) > 1E-6 ERROR 100, "Probabilities don't sum to 1"
FOR trial% = 1 TO 1E6
r = RND(1)
p = 0
FOR i% = 0 TO DIM(prob(),1)
p += prob(i%)
IF r < p cnt%(i%) += 1 : EXIT FOR
NEXT
NEXT
@% = &2060A
PRINT "Item actual theoretical"
FOR i% = 0 TO DIM(item$(),1)
PRINT item$(i%), cnt%(i%)/1E6, prob(i%)
NEXT