def _sample_list()

in AWSIoTDeviceDefenderAgentSDK/metrics.py [0:0]

• 7 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def _sample_list(self, input_list):
        """
        Downsamples a list to a desired size, choosing random elements from input list.

        Parameters
        ----------
        input_list: list
           List of arbitrary size

        Returns
        -------
           A list of of length of less than or equal to max_list_size,
           with items randomly selected from input list

        """
        if self.max_list_size and len(input_list) > self.max_list_size:
            random.seed(os.urandom(50))
            output_list = random.sample(input_list, self.max_list_size)
            return output_list
        else:
            return input_list