selection based on percentage weighting

Question

I have a set of values, and an associated percentage for each:

a: 70% chance
b: 20% chance
c: 10% chance

I want to select a value (a, b, c) based

Answer 1

def weighted_choice(probabilities):
    random_position = random.random() * sum(probabilities)
    current_position = 0.0
    for i, p in enumerate(probabilities):
        current_position += p
        if random_position < current_position:
            return i
    return None

Because random.random will always return < 1.0, the final return should never be reached.