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=={{header|Lua}}==
<lang Lua>
math.randomseed(os.time())
local n = 10
local trials = 1000000
function one(n)
local chosen = 1
for i = 1, n do
if math.random() < 1/i then
chosen = i
end
end
return chosen
end
-- 0 filled table for storing results
local results = {}
for i = 1, n do results[i] = 0 end
-- run simulation
for i = 1, trials do
local result = one(n)
results[result] = results[result] + 1
end
print("Value","Occurrences")
print("-------------------")
for k, v in ipairs(results) do
print(k,v)
end
</lang>
{{Out}}
<pre>
Value Occurrences
-------------------
1 99393
2 100092
3 100412
4 100139
5 99773
6 99802
7 100020
8 99941
9 100063
10 100365
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