25
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Python, 41 bytes
lambda l:choices(l,l)
from random import*
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Uses the list itself as the weights.
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11
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Python, 64 bytes (also supports negative numbers)
lambda l:sorted(l)[int(len(l)*random()**.5)]
from random import*
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8
votes
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J, 8 bytes
#~{~1?+/
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1?+/ Sum the numbers and then choose a random index between 0 and the sum
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7
votes
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Vyxal, 4 bytes
℅?℅∴
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Return the highest of two random picks
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7
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JavaScript (Node.js), 41 bytes
a=>a.sort()[a.length*Math.random()**.5|0]
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6
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WolframLanguage, 63 48 bytes
Thanks to att for shaving of 15
Sort[#][[Floor@Log2[Random[](2^Tr[1^#]2-3)+2]]]&
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5
votes
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Ruby, 32 24 bytes
->l{(l+l).sample(2).max}
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Thanks to Dominic van Essen for -4 bytes and the idea to get to -8.
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4
votes
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JavaScript (Node.js), 58 bytes
a=>a.sort((a,b)=>b-a).filter(_=>Math.random()<.5)[0]||a[0]
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4
votes
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Charcoal, 10 bytes
ＦＡＦι⊞υιＩ‽υ
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Loop over the input numbers.
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4
votes
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Wolfram Language (Mathematica), 19 bytes
RandomChoice[#->#]&
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4
votes
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Jelly, 3 bytes
X»X
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Uses Dominic van Essen's insight: pick a random element (...
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4
votes
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Raku, 13 bytes
*.roll(2).max
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Picks two elements independently and returns the max of the two.
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3
votes
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Julia, 37 bytes
!l=rand([fill.(sort(l),keys(l))...;])
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sort the list and repeat each element by their index before randomly choosing a number
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3
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Factor, 35 bytes
[ [ dup <array> ] map-flat random ]
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Create n copies of each n, and select one at random (uniformly).
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Jelly, 4 bytes
ṢxJX
A monadic Link that accepts a list of distinct floats and outputs a random one.
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1
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Make your code error, but only sometimes!
Volatile, 3 bytes
~~/
~ pushes a random number onto the stack (which may include zero), and ...
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vote
1
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Randomize the scalars of an array
Factor, 25 bytes
[ dup [0,b] swap sample ]
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