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const { random, floor } = Math; | |
function tryit() { | |
let count = 0; | |
while (true) { | |
++count; | |
if (random() < 1 / (2000 - count)) { | |
return count; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
let data = []; | |
for (let ii = 0; ii < 10000; ++ii) { | |
let num_rolls = tryit(); | |
let bucket = floor(num_rolls / 200); | |
data[bucket] = (data[bucket] || 0) + 1; | |
} | |
for (let ii = 0; ii < data.length; ++ii) { | |
console.log(`${ii*200}-${(ii+1)*200}: ${data[ii] || 0}`); | |
} |
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