Merge branch 'develop' into 'main'

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See merge request KaranJayachandra/match_up!3

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+from typing import Tuple
+from random import shuffle
+
+
+def _shuffle_two_lists(a: list, b: list) -> Tuple[list, list]:
+    indices = list(range(len(a)))
+    shuffle(indices)
+    a = [a[index] for index in indices]
+    b = [b[index] for index in indices]
+    return a, b
+
+
+def _pick_from_list_after_sorting_other(a: list, b: list[int]) -> list:
+    indices = [i[0] for i in sorted(enumerate(b), key=lambda x: x[1])]
+    return [a[index] for index in indices]
+
+
+def sample_list(indices: list, cost: list[int], count: int = None) -> list:
+    if count is None:
+        count = len(indices)
+    indices, cost = _shuffle_two_lists(indices, cost)
+    indices = _pick_from_list_after_sorting_other(indices, cost)[:count]
+    return indices