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Unevenly distributed random number generation [duplicate]

Let's say I have to generate random number from 1 to 100, however, the probability of each number is not 1/100, but a predefined probability. How to generate that number? I use Ruby/Python.
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How Python random shuffle works?

How shuffle from random works in Python? I ask because it works very fast. When I try to write shuffle it works 1 minute for 10^6 element, but Python shuffle does that in 8 sec?
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python random with a skew

I am trying to create a very simple evolution algorithm for a creature simulator, what I would like to have is, both creatures have a trait and a dominance level, both noted by ints. their child's ...
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random.choice in other languages

Python has a nice function in the standard library random.choice which returns a random element from a sequence. But none of the other languages I've developed in have thought to include such a ...