Datastucture for random











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I want to random pick an item from a list. This is no problem, but the size is worrying me.



I have a sort of lottery game where a user can buy one or multiple tickets. Each ticket is a chance to win. I need to draw some players from the list.



So I thought I am going to build a list like:



//loop over all the players

for loop

   get the number of tickets

      loop over the number of tickets

        insert the user x times into an array


So when the user has 10 tickets, he is going to saved 10x in the array. So I can randomly draw someone from that list. But the problem is, I have around 1600 users with each 200k tickets or more.



What is the best way to do this?






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  • Number each ticket, pick a random number?
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I want to random pick an item from a list. This is no problem, but the size is worrying me.



I have a sort of lottery game where a user can buy one or multiple tickets. Each ticket is a chance to win. I need to draw some players from the list.



So I thought I am going to build a list like:



//loop over all the players

for loop

   get the number of tickets

      loop over the number of tickets

        insert the user x times into an array


So when the user has 10 tickets, he is going to saved 10x in the array. So I can randomly draw someone from that list. But the problem is, I have around 1600 users with each 200k tickets or more.



What is the best way to do this?






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  • Number each ticket, pick a random number?
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I want to random pick an item from a list. This is no problem, but the size is worrying me.



I have a sort of lottery game where a user can buy one or multiple tickets. Each ticket is a chance to win. I need to draw some players from the list.



So I thought I am going to build a list like:



//loop over all the players

for loop

   get the number of tickets

      loop over the number of tickets

        insert the user x times into an array


So when the user has 10 tickets, he is going to saved 10x in the array. So I can randomly draw someone from that list. But the problem is, I have around 1600 users with each 200k tickets or more.



What is the best way to do this?






node.js







share|improve this question













I want to random pick an item from a list. This is no problem, but the size is worrying me.



I have a sort of lottery game where a user can buy one or multiple tickets. Each ticket is a chance to win. I need to draw some players from the list.



So I thought I am going to build a list like:



//loop over all the players

for loop

   get the number of tickets

      loop over the number of tickets

        insert the user x times into an array


So when the user has 10 tickets, he is going to saved 10x in the array. So I can randomly draw someone from that list. But the problem is, I have around 1600 users with each 200k tickets or more.



What is the best way to do this?






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  • Number each ticket, pick a random number?
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  • Number each ticket, pick a random number?
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    Nov 10 at 18:21
















Number each ticket, pick a random number?
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Number each ticket, pick a random number?
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Why not use a json object as



{ "players" : [ { "player": id , "ticketsNu" : num } .... ]

  "totalNu" : numb }


When it comes to choosing the winning ticket, then you have to calculate each players chances as 



players.forEach((player)=>{ player.chances = player.tiketsNu / players.totalNu })





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    Why not use a json object as



    { "players" : [ { "player": id , "ticketsNu" : num } .... ]
    
  "totalNu" : numb }


    When it comes to choosing the winning ticket, then you have to calculate each players chances as 



    players.forEach((player)=>{ player.chances = player.tiketsNu / players.totalNu })





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      Why not use a json object as



      { "players" : [ { "player": id , "ticketsNu" : num } .... ]
      
  "totalNu" : numb }


      When it comes to choosing the winning ticket, then you have to calculate each players chances as 



      players.forEach((player)=>{ player.chances = player.tiketsNu / players.totalNu })





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        Why not use a json object as



        { "players" : [ { "player": id , "ticketsNu" : num } .... ]
        
  "totalNu" : numb }


        When it comes to choosing the winning ticket, then you have to calculate each players chances as 



        players.forEach((player)=>{ player.chances = player.tiketsNu / players.totalNu })





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        Why not use a json object as



        { "players" : [ { "player": id , "ticketsNu" : num } .... ]
        
  "totalNu" : numb }


        When it comes to choosing the winning ticket, then you have to calculate each players chances as 



        players.forEach((player)=>{ player.chances = player.tiketsNu / players.totalNu })






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