reservoir-sampling-cli 0.1

A command line tool to randomly sample k items from an input S containing n items.

reservoir-sampling-cli
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A command line tool to randomly sample k items from an input S containing n items.

> Reservoir sampling is a family of randomized algorithms for randomly choosing a sample of k items from a list S containing n items, where n is either a very large or unknown number.
> --<cite><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling></cite>

Installation
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pip install -e git+ssh://[e-mail]/RyanBalfanz/preservoir-sampling-cli.git#egg=resamp

Usage
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Show help message

$ resamp -h
usage: Randomly sample k items from an input S containing n items.
[-h] [-k NUM_ITEMS] [--preserve-order]
[infile] [outfile]

positional arguments:
infile
outfile

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-k NUM_ITEMS, --num-items NUM_ITEMS
An integer number giving the size of the reservoir
--preserve-order Preserve input ordering

Sample 10 words from /usr/share/dict/words preserving the original order

$ cat /usr/share/dict/words | resamp -k10 --preserve-order
Paralipomenon
frankalmoign
hauntingly
hellion
laniiform
lithify
semicollapsible
sniveled
stolkjaerre
unaloud