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Select by Random

MuehliManMuehliMan Member Posts: 85 Maven
edited November 2018 in Help
Hello RM community,

I encountered a strange problem with the operator "Seleect by Random". I use it to select 1 attribute out of a set of various. I want to randomly select 1 attribute and process it. So I set the number of attributes to 1 and check "Use local random seed". I use Loop Parameter to iteratively change the local random seed.
Strangely, always the same attribute is selected. How can I manage to make RM select 1 RANDOM attribute in a loop?
I can provide an example code if needed.

Cheers,
Markus

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    colocolo Member Posts: 236 Maven
    Hi Markus,

    I never used this operator before so I just tested it Β :)

    In my case it seems that always only the last attribute is selected (tested it with "Generate Data" and 100 attributes). Changing the local random seed or deactivating the use of a local random seed doesn't change anything. If I select more than one attribute all the others vary depending on the seed value. But the last attribute is always present. Seems like a little bug in the operator to me...

    Regards
    Matthias
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    MuehliManMuehliMan Member Posts: 85 Maven
    Hi,

    yes, you are right. Knowing this I could build a workaround:
    I selected 2 attributes and removed the 2nd one (which is the first chosen one).

    However, I hope that the operator can be fixed for the next versions.

    Cheers,
    Markus
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    landland RapidMiner Certified Analyst, RapidMiner Certified Expert, Member Posts: 2,531 Unicorn
    Hi,

    right, there was a "-1" added to the maximum index to be deleted, causing the last attribute to be never deleted. Thanks for the hint, I fixed this.

    Greetings,
    Sebastian
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