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Random Pick with Weight

Random Pick with Weight

Try to solve the Random Pick with Weight problem.

Statement

You’re given an array of positive integers, weights, where weights[i] is the weight of the ithi^{th} index.

Write a function, Pick Index(), which performs weighted random selection to return an index from the weights array. The larger the value of weights[i], the heavier the weight is, and the higher the chances of its index being picked.

Suppose that the array consists of the weights [12,84,35][12, 84, 35]. In this case, the probabilities of picking the indexes will be as follows:

  • Index 0: 12/(12+84+35 ...