drawNLinesWithoutReplacement.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
'''



Copyright 2010 Wu Albert Cheng <albertwcheng@gmail.com>

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'''

from sys import *
import random
import time
from getopt import getopt

programName=argv[0]
opts,args=getopt(argv[1:],'',['header='])

header=0

try:
	filename,ndraws=args
except:
	print >> stderr,"Usage",programName,"[--header #lines] filename ndraws"
	print >> stderr,"default no header. ndraws do not include header rows"
	exit()

for o,v in opts:
	if o=='--header':
		header=int(v)


ndraws=int(ndraws)

random.seed(time.time())

fil=open(filename)
lines=fil.readlines()
fil.close()


if header>0:
	#print header lines directly and remove from draws
	for i in range(0,header):
		print >> stdout,lines[i].rstrip("\r\n")
	
	del lines[:header]


if ndraws>len(lines):
	print >> stderr,"ndraws > number of lines. Abort","ndraws:",ndraws,"num lines:",len(lines)
	exit()

def drawALine(lines):
	chosen=random.randint(0,len(lines)-1)
	chosenline=lines[chosen]
	del lines[chosen] #remove the chosen line: draw without replacement
	return chosenline
	
	
for i in range(0,ndraws):
	print >> stdout, drawALine(lines).rstrip("\r\n")