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# Inspired by http://xkcd.com/1609/ | |
set.seed(1609) | |
food <- c("ice cream", "ham", "relish", | |
"pancakes", "ketchup", "cheese", | |
"eggs", "cupcakes", "sour cream", | |
"hot chocolate", "avocado", "skittles", | |
"wasabi", "tofu", "steak", "sweet potatoes") | |
nfood <- length(food) | |
food_combination <- function(x) { | |
i <- sample(1:nfood, 1) | |
t_food <- food[-i] | |
j <- sample(1:length(t_food), 1) | |
f1 <- food[i] | |
f2 <- t_food[j] | |
sprintf("(%d) You know what's actually really good? %s and %s", x, f1, f2) | |
} | |
sapply(1:10, "food_combination") |
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# a variation that shows the frequency of combinations | |
set.seed(1609) | |
food <- c("ice cream", "ham", "relish", | |
"pancakes", "ketchup", "cheese", | |
"eggs", "cupcakes", "sour cream", | |
"hot chocolate", "avocado", "skittles", | |
"wasabi", "tofu", "steak", "sweet potatoes") | |
nfood <- length(food) | |
food_combination2 <- function(x) { | |
i <- sample(1:nfood, 1) | |
t_food <- food[-i] | |
j <- sample(1:length(t_food), 1) | |
f1 <- food[i] | |
f2 <- t_food[j] | |
c(food1=f1, food2=f2) | |
} | |
combos <- as.data.frame(t(sapply(1:10000, "food_combination2"))) | |
combos_freq <- as.data.frame(table(combos$food1, combos$food2)) | |
library(ggplot2) | |
ggplot(combos_freq, aes(Var1, Var2)) + | |
geom_tile(aes(fill=Freq), colour="white") + | |
scale_fill_gradient(low = "white", high="red") | |
# Some combinations are interesting like "eggs and wasabi" or "sweet potatoes and sourcream", others are | |
# marginal like "cheese and skittles" |
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