rust-roguelike-tutorial/chapter-14-gear/src/random_table.rs

use rltk::RandomNumberGenerator;

pub struct RandomEntry {
    name : String,
    weight : i32
}

impl RandomEntry {
    pub fn new<S:ToString>(name: S, weight: i32) -> RandomEntry {
        RandomEntry{ name: name.to_string(), weight }
    }
}

#[derive(Default)]
pub struct RandomTable {
    entries : Vec<RandomEntry>,
    total_weight : i32
}

impl RandomTable {
    pub fn new() -> RandomTable {
        RandomTable{ entries: Vec::new(), total_weight: 0 }
    }

    pub fn add<S:ToString>(mut self, name : S, weight: i32) -> RandomTable {
        self.total_weight += weight;
        self.entries.push(RandomEntry::new(name.to_string(), weight));
        self
    }

    pub fn roll(&self, rng : &mut RandomNumberGenerator) -> String {
        if self.total_weight == 0 { return "None".to_string(); }
        let mut roll = rng.roll_dice(1, self.total_weight)-1;
        let mut index : usize = 0;

        while roll > 0 {
            if roll < self.entries[index].weight {
                return self.entries[index].name.clone();
            }

            roll -= self.entries[index].weight;
            index += 1;
        }

        "None".to_string()
    }
}