fruits = ['apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'grape']
subset_size = int(0.7 * len(fruits))
np.random.choice(fruits, subset_size, replace=False)
# array(['grape', 'banana'], dtype='<U6')>>> aa_milne_arr = ['pooh', 'rabbit', 'piglet', 'Christopher']
>>> np.random.choice(aa_milne_arr, 5, p=[0.5, 0.1, 0.1, 0.3])
array(['pooh', 'pooh', 'pooh', 'Christopher', 'piglet'],
dtype='|S11')
fruits = ['apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'grape']
subset_size = int(0.7 * len(fruits))
np.random.choice(fruits, subset_size, replace=False)
# array(['grape', 'banana'], dtype='<U6')
>>> np.random.choice(5, 3, replace=False)
array([3,1,0])
>>> #This is equivalent to np.random.permutation(np.arange(5))[:3]