Randomly chooses from a set of weighted objects (ints, strings, numbers, etc)

weightedChoice

/**
 * Randomly chooses from a set of weighted objects (ints, strings, numbers, etc)
 * @param	objs	The objects to choose from.
 * @param	objWeights	The weight of each respective object.
 * @return	The randomly chosen value.
 */
public static function weightedChoice(objs:Array, objWeights:Array):*
{
    var weighedObjs:Array = new Array(); //new array to hold "weighted" obj
    var currentObj:int = 0;
    while (currentObj < objs.length) { //step through each obj[] element
        for (var i:uint = 0; i < objWeights[currentObj]; i++) {
            weighedObjs[weighedObjs.length] = objs[currentObj];
        }
        currentObj++;
    }
    return FP.choose(weighedObjs);
}