@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 @car,    @cdr,    @clear,    @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