@sputter(t:tab, p:float, n:numeric)

• The process starts with a current value initialized with the first element in t.

• Successively, for each element $e$ in the result, a random number $p'$ between 0 and 1 is compared with p:

  • if $p'$ it is lower than p, then $c$ becomes the value of $e$ and the element next $e$ is processed.

  • If $p'$ it is greater than p, then $c$ takes the value of the next element in t, this new value becomes the value of $e$ and the element next $e$ is processed.

Not that this function is impure as it returns a different result for each invocation. For example:

       @sputter([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], 0.5, 16)

can return

        → [ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9 ]
        → [ 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10 ]
        → [ 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5 ]

See also Tab Manipulations @binary_search    @car    @cdr    @clear    [@clone]    @concat    @cons    @copy    @count    @dim    @domain    @drop    @empty    @find    @flatten    @gnuplot    @insert    @iota    @is_list    @is_prefix    @is_subsequence    @is_suffix    @lace    @last    @listify    @map    @max_val    @median    @member    @normalize    @occurs    @parse    @permute    @push_back    @push_front    @range    @reduce    @remove    @remove_duplicate    @replace    @reshape    @resize    @reverse    @rotate    @scan    @scramble    @size    @slice    @sort    @sputter    @stutter    @succession    @tab_history    @tab_history_date    @tab_history_rdate    @take    @to_num