Just thought I'd plug a few Perl6 ways of doing it, for future reference.

my %hash = (
   word => 1,
   second => 3,
   third => 7
);

######

my @weighted = ();
for %hash.keys -> $key {
   push @weighted, ( $key ) xx %hash{ $key };
}
say @weighted.pick;

###### Basically the same thing:

my @weighted = ();
push @weighted, ( $_ ) xx %hash{ $_ } for %hash.keys;
say @weighted.pick;

###### One-liner style.  *Somewhat* based on Roger's above.

%hash
   .keys
   .map:{
      ( $_ ) xx %hash{ $_ }
   }
   .pick
   .say;

## (or actually on one line)

%hash.keys.map:{ ( $_ ) xx %hash{ $_ } }.pick.say;

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(And if one of those Perl6 experts comes along, tell him or her that I'm still kinda new to p6, so there might even be better ways to do it! ;)

-Bryan

In reply to Re: "Scalar found where operator expected", references (perl6) by mrborisguy
in thread "Scalar found where operator expected", references by jjohhn

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