#TI-Basic, 39 bytes
TI-Basic, 39 bytes
sub("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",int(26^rand),1
rand
generates a uniform value in (0,1]. This gives 26^rand a different probability to equal the integers from 1 to 26.
Older version, 45 bytes
sub("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAAA",1+int(4abs(invNorm(rand))),1
Limited precision of the TI-Basic integers limits normal distributions to generating numbers within µ±7.02σ (see randNorm(
). So we get the absolute value of a random number with µ 0 and σ 1, multiplying by four to increase the practical range mentioned before to µ±28.08σ. Then, we floor the value and add 1, since sub(
is 1-indexed, giving us a range from 1-29 with different probabilities of each.