Lines Matching refs:population

142 .. function:: choices(population, weights=None, *, cum_weights=None, k=1)
144    Return a *k* sized list of elements chosen from the *population* with replacement.
145    If the *population* is empty, raises :exc:`IndexError`.
158    the same length as the *population* sequence.  It is a :exc:`TypeError`
185 .. function:: sample(population, k)
187    Return a *k* length list of unique elements chosen from the population sequence
190    Returns a new list containing elements from the population while leaving the
191    original population unchanged.  The resulting list is in selection order so that
196    Members of the population need not be :term:`hashable` or unique.  If the population
201    population:  ``sample(range(10000000), k=60)``.
203    If the sample size is larger than the population size, a :exc:`ValueError`