Generate random numbers with a given (numerical) distribution

scipy.stats.rv_discrete might be what you want. You can supply your probabilities via the values parameter. You can then use the rvs() method of the distribution object to generate random numbers. As pointed out by Eugene Pakhomov in the comments, you can also pass a p keyword parameter to numpy.random.choice(), e.g. numpy.random.choice(numpy.arange(1, 7), p=[0.1, 0.05, 0.05, … Read more

What to put in a python module docstring? [closed]

Think about somebody doing help(yourmodule) at the interactive interpreter’s prompt — what do they want to know? (Other methods of extracting and displaying the information are roughly equivalent to help in terms of amount of information). So if you have in x.py: “””This module does blah blah.””” class Blah(object): “””This class does blah blah.””” then: … Read more

How to deal with cyclic dependencies in Node.js

Try to set properties on module.exports, instead of replacing it completely. E.g., module.exports.instance = new ClassA() in a.js, module.exports.ClassB = ClassB in b.js. When you make circular module dependencies, the requiring module will get a reference to an incomplete module.exports from the required module, which you can add other properties latter on, but when you … Read more

Nodejs cannot find installed module on Windows

Add an environment variable called NODE_PATH and set it to %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\npm\node_modules (Windows XP), %AppData%\npm\node_modules (Windows 7/8/10), or wherever npm ends up installing the modules on your Windows flavor. To be done with it once and for all, add this as a System variable in the Advanced tab of the System Properties dialog (run control.exe … Read more

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