os-fast-reservoir 0.2.3

Python implementation of fast approximation reservioir sampling.

# os-fast-reservoir
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Python implementation of fast approximation reservioir sampling.

# Install
`$ pip install os-fast-reservoir`

# Usage
* API
```
from os_fast_reservoir import ReservoirSampling

rs = ReservoirSampling(100)

for i in range(1000):
rs.sample(i)

for i in rs:
print i
```
* Command line
```
$ os-fast-reservoir -h
usage: os-fast-reservoir [-h] [-f INPUT_FILE] -n NUM

Reservoir sample tool.

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f INPUT_FILE, --file INPUT_FILE
file to be sampled (default: stdin)
-n NUM, --num NUM sample number
```

# Algorithm
* [Reservoir sampling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling)
* [Faster Random Samples With Gap Sampling](http://erikerlandson.github.io/blog/2014/09/11/faster-random-samples-with-gap-sampling/)
* [Very Fast Reservoir Sampling](http://erikerlandson.github.io/blog/2015/11/20/very-fast-reservoir-sampling/)
* Another implementation: [alexprengere/reservoir](https://github.com/alexprengere/reservoir)

# Unit Tests
`$ tox`

# License
MIT licensed.