# intermediate ii: weighted choices
## ✎ what are weighted choices for?
* by default, all choices listed in `{choose:}` have equal odds of being chosen.
because of the # of times each of the choice is repeated, it'll cause a change in rarity.
* however, the above can get excessively verbose *extremely* fast for rarer options... so instead, it is better to use the weighted choose variable.
* the `{weightedchoose:}` variable allows you to assign a *weight* to a choice, allowing you to skew the odds for common, uncommon and rarer choices, **without repeating each choice over and over again**.
## ✎ how do i use a weighted choose?
* to assign a weighted choose, you would first need to decide how rare each option should be.
* `{weightedchoose:}` allows you to select the weight of how much each item in the `{choose:}` will be. it will be assigned in order.
* so "the" = 1%, "choices" = 9%, "always correspond" = 10%, "in chronological" = 50%, and "order" = 30% chance.
* let's take an example, where you want the following items to have the below rarity:
prize
percentage chance
common
60%
rare
30%
super rare
8%
ultra rare
2%
`/autoresponder add trigger: response:{choose: common | rare | super rare | ultra rare}{weightedchoose: 60% | 30% | 8% | 2%} you got a [choice] prize, congratulations!`
## ✎ more traditional weights + decimals also OK!
* if you don't want to use percentages, you can also use weights, such as the follows. let's go back to the jelly / cake / cookie / smoothie / ice cream example we had at the beginning (:
