Random draw from uniform distribution

[Stefano Pagliarani]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a way to code a random draw from a uniform distribution, with fixed probability. So like, in each round there is a probability p that one value from a uniform distribution is drawn and used to calculate the payoff of players. Instead, with probability (1-p) simply nothing happens.

I tried using numpy in several ways, but I get an application error.

Do you have any ideas?

Thank you in advance

Stefano

[Max R. P. Grossmann]

Hi Stefano,

Have you considered using something like

import random

p = 0.8 # probability

if random.random() < p:
# something should happen
else:
# nothing should happen

Best,

Max