Not sure best way to do something

Hi,
I am working on an app in which different events are executed certain precentages of the time. Right now I have my code set up so that if x is a random number between 0 and 100 then if x > 60 then 40% of the time an event will occur, if x <= 60 and x > 30 then 30% of the time another event will occur.
Is this the best way to do this? Is there a class that handles this?
Thank you for your time.

Is this the best way to do this? Is there a class that
handles this?There's no such standard class.
If you handle it correctly very much depends on how your model is constructed. Say you have two different event types. An event is selected at random and allowed to "last" for one unit of time, say 1 second, then a new event is selected randomly and so on.
Now if the probability for event 1 to be selected is 40% and the probability for event 2 is 30% then you have a third even, the no-event, which must also have a chance to be selected and consume time with a 30% probability while the other two events are at rest. If you don't consider the no-event, event 1 will happen 40/(40+30) = 57% of the time and event 2 will happen the rest of the time namely 30/(40+30) = 43%.
So to get a 40% - 30% time distribution between 2 events you also need a no-event which occupies the remaining time upp to 100%. If you leave out the no-event the time distribution will be 57% - 43%.

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