ThrowAndSetRandomRun Namespace Reference

Functions
def	throwAndSetRandomRun

Function Documentation

def ThrowAndSetRandomRun.throwAndSetRandomRun	(		source,
			runsAndProbs
	)

Pass a list of tuple pairs, with the first item of the pair a run number
and the second number of the pair a weight.  The function will normalize the
weights so you do not have to worry about that.  The pairs will be used to randomly choose what Run
should be assigned to the job.

Definition at line 6 of file ThrowAndSetRandomRun.py.

def throwAndSetRandomRun(source,runsAndProbs):
        """Pass a list of tuple pairs, with the first item of the pair a run number
        and the second number of the pair a weight.  The function will normalize the
        weights so you do not have to worry about that.  The pairs will be used to randomly choose what Run
        should be assigned to the job.
        """
        from random import SystemRandom
        totalProb = 0.
        for r,p in runsAndProbs:
            totalProb+=p
        #this is the same random generator used to set the seeds for the RandomNumberGeneratorService
        random = SystemRandom()
        runProb = random.uniform(0,totalProb)
        sumProb = 0
        runNumber = 0
        for r,p in runsAndProbs:
            sumProb+=p
            if sumProb >= runProb:
                runNumber = r
                break
        print 'setting runNumber to: ',runNumber
        if source.type_() == "PoolSource":
            source.setRunNumber = cms.untracked.uint32(runNumber)
        else:
            #sources that inherit from ConfigurableInputSource use 'firstRun'
            source.firstRun = cms.untracked.uint32(runNumber)

        return