import "random" for Random var random = Random.new(12345) // Single element list. System.print(random.sample(["single"])) // expect: single // Should choose all elements with roughly equal probability. var list = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"] var histogram = {"a": 0, "b": 0, "c": 0, "d": 0, "e": 0} for (i in 1..1000) { var sample = random.sample(list) histogram[sample] = histogram[sample] + 1 } System.print(histogram.count) // expect: 5 for (key in histogram.keys) { var error = (histogram[key] / (1000 / list.count) - 1).abs if (error > 0.2) System.print("!!! %(error)") }