uniqueness_max_size {keyToEnglish}

Uniqueness Max Size

Description

Returns approximate number of elements that you can select out of a set of size 'N' if the probability of there being any duplicates is less than or equal to 'p'

Usage

uniqueness_max_size(N, p)

Arguments

N

'numeric' size of set elements are selected from, or a 'list' of 'list's of 'character' vectors (e.g., 'wml_animals')

p

'numeric' probability that there are any duplicate elements

Value

'numeric' value indicating size. Value will most likely be non-integer

Examples

# how many values from 1-1,000 can I randomly select before
# I have a 10% chance of having at least one duplicate?

uniqueness_max_size(1000,0.1)
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