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This tag is for questions pertaining to random numbers, whether pseudo random or truly random.

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Picking 10 distinct words 'randomly' from List of unique words

First off, don't make a new Random instance every iteration. … Imagine picking 1.000.000 words in random order from a list of 1.000.000, getting the last word is a 1 in a million chance to get right. …
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Read from a file and pick a random line

inputs.hasNext()) { throw new EmptyInputException(); } T currentPick = inputs.next(); long totalInputs = 1; Random random = new Random(); while (inputs.hasNext()) { … (long totalInputs, Random random) { return nextLong(random, totalInputs) == 0; } private static long nextLong(Random random, long bound) { return (long) (random.nextDouble() * bound); } …
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