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How to select N unique random values that appear exactly once in an existing array with Swift

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/*
    Goal:
    - Select N random values that appear exactly once in the array.
    - Values must be globally unique (appear only once in the entire array).
    - Return the selected values from a function and print them.
*/

import Foundation

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Build a frequency map: value -> count
// ---------------------------------------------------------------
func buildFrequencyMap(_ data: [Int]) -> [Int: Int] {
    var freq: [Int: Int] = [:]

    // Count occurrences
    for value in data {
        freq[value, default: 0] += 1
    }

    return freq
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Collect values that appear exactly once
// ---------------------------------------------------------------
func collectUniqueValues(_ data: [Int], freq: [Int: Int]) -> [Int] {
    data.filter { value in freq[value] == 1 }
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Randomly select N values from the unique array
// ---------------------------------------------------------------
func selectRandomUnique(_ unique: [Int], n: Int) -> [Int] {
    let limit = min(n, unique.count)   // clamp N
    return Array(unique.shuffled().prefix(limit))
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Print helper
// ---------------------------------------------------------------
func printValues(_ values: [Int]) {
    print(values.map(String.init).joined(separator: " "))
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// Main program
// ---------------------------------------------------------------
let data: [Int] = [
    5, 12, 5, 19, 5, 33, 19, 5, 8, 8, 8, 59, 61, 17, 3, 5, 3, 74, 83, 90, 3, 1
]

// Step 1: Build frequency map
let freq = buildFrequencyMap(data)

// Step 2: Collect values that appear exactly once
let uniqueValues = collectUniqueValues(data, freq: freq)

// Step 3: Choose how many unique random values to select
let n = 5

// Step 4: Select N random unique values
let randomSelection = selectRandomUnique(uniqueValues, n: n)

// Step 5: Print results
print("Values that appear exactly once:")
printValues(uniqueValues)

print("\nRandom selection (\(n) values):")
printValues(randomSelection)


/*
run:

Values that appear exactly once:
12 33 59 61 17 74 83 90 1

Random selection (5 values):
83 61 12 1 33

*/

 



answered 4 days ago by avibootz

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