Random boolean with weight or bias

Question

I need to generate some random booleans. However I need to be able to specify the probability of returning true. As a results doing:

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Answer 1

Your way is probably better, code golf-wise, but another way to do it is like this:

public boolean getRandomBoolean() {
    Random random = new Random();
    //For 1 in 5
    int chanceOfTrue = 5;

    if (random.nextInt(chanceOfTrue) == 0) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

Or for 2 in 5, try this:

public boolean getRandomBoolean() {
    Random random = new Random();
    //For 2 in 5
    int chanceOfTrue = 5;
    int randInt = random.nextInt(chanceOfTrue);

    if (randInt == 0 || randInt == 1) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

Answer 2

Here's what I'm using. Very similar to FracturedRetina's answer.

Random random = new Random();

// 20% chance
boolean true20 = (random.nextInt(5) == 0) ? true : false;

// 25% chance
boolean true25 = (random.nextInt(4) == 0) ? true : false;

// 40% chance
boolean true40 = (random.nextInt(5) < 2) ? true : false;