Re: [Tutor] While Loops: Coin Flip Game :p:
Hi Tom,
Your code is almost correct. Little mistake is there.The random number
generate should be in while loop.
> import random
>
> # set the coin
> headsCount = 0
> tailsCount = 0
> count = 0
>
> # the loop
> while count < 100: #If
you declare count = 0. The while loop condition should be less than
100.Else you will get 101 counts.
> *coin = random.randrange(2)*
> if coin == 0:
> headsCount += 1
>else: #Becase We
already declared randrange(2).So the coin value is 0 or 1.So we can use else
condition.
> tailsCount += 1
> count += 1
>
>
> print "The number of heads was", headsCount
> print "The number of tails was", tailsCount
>
> raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
Regards,
Nithya
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Thomas C. Hicks wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:16:36 -0500
> Dawn Samson wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm a Python beginner and working my way through Michael Dawson's
> > Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner. I'm stuck in a
> > particular challenge that asks me to write a program that "flips a
> > coin 100 times and then tells you the number of heads and tails."
> > I've been trying to work on this challenge for a while now and can't
> > get it to work (either it has 100 heads or 100 tails). I've been
> > reworking this code many times and currently what I have does not do
> > anything at all at IDLE. Please take a look at my code below:
> >
> > import random
> >
> > # set the coin
> > coin = random.randrange(2)
> > headsCount = 0
> > tailsCount = 0
> > count = 0
> >
> > # the loop
> > while count <= 100:
> > coin
> > if coin == 0:
> > headsCount += 1
> > if coin == 1:
> > tailsCount += 1
> > count += 1
> >
> >
> > print "The number of heads was", heads
> > print "The number of tails was", tails
> >
> > raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
> >
> > Thanks,
> > S. Dawn Samson
>
> >From one beginner to another - it looks to me like you set the value of
> coin once then checked it 100 times. If you want to reset the value of
> coin maybe it (i.e. setting the value of coin, not just calling
> the value of coin) should be in the loop too?
>
> tom
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Re: [Tutor] While Loops: Coin Flip Game :p:
Hi Tom,
Your code is almost correct. Little mistake is there.The random number
generate should be in while loop.
> import random
>
> # set the coin
> headsCount = 0
> tailsCount = 0
> count = 0
>
> # the loop
> while count < 100:
#If you declare count = 0. The while loop condition
should be less than 100.Else you will get 101 counts.
> *coin = random.randrange(2)*
> if coin == 0:
> headsCount += 1
>else: #Becase We
already declared randrange(2).So the coin value is 0 or 1.So we can use else
condition.
> tailsCount += 1
> count += 1
>
>
> print "The number of heads was", headsCount
> print "The number of tails was", tailsCount
>
> raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
Regards,
Nithya
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Thomas C. Hicks wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:16:36 -0500
> Dawn Samson wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm a Python beginner and working my way through Michael Dawson's
> > Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner. I'm stuck in a
> > particular challenge that asks me to write a program that "flips a
> > coin 100 times and then tells you the number of heads and tails."
> > I've been trying to work on this challenge for a while now and can't
> > get it to work (either it has 100 heads or 100 tails). I've been
> > reworking this code many times and currently what I have does not do
> > anything at all at IDLE. Please take a look at my code below:
> >
> > import random
> >
> > # set the coin
> > coin = random.randrange(2)
> > headsCount = 0
> > tailsCount = 0
> > count = 0
> >
> > # the loop
> > while count <= 100:
> > coin
> > if coin == 0:
> > headsCount += 1
> > if coin == 1:
> > tailsCount += 1
> > count += 1
> >
> >
> > print "The number of heads was", heads
> > print "The number of tails was", tails
> >
> > raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
> >
> > Thanks,
> > S. Dawn Samson
>
> >From one beginner to another - it looks to me like you set the value of
> coin once then checked it 100 times. If you want to reset the value of
> coin maybe it (i.e. setting the value of coin, not just calling
> the value of coin) should be in the loop too?
>
> tom
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Re: [Tutor] While Loops: Coin Flip Game :p:
Hi there,
This is the Code. Please check it.It is working fine.
>>>import random
>>>headsCount = 0
>>>tailsCount = 0
>>>count = 1
>>>
>>>while count <= 100:
>>> coin = random.randrange(2)
>>> if coin == 0:
>>> headsCount += 1
>>> else:
>>> tailsCount += 1
>>> count += 1
>>>
>>>print "The number of heads was", headsCount
>>>print "The number of tails was", tailsCount
>>>
>>>raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Dave Angel wrote:
> When I run this code (I'm also a noob) I get this result:-
>>
>> [evaluate lines 1-22 from untitled-1.py]
>
The number of heads was 73
>> The number of tails was 100
>>
>> Press the enter key to exit.
>>
>> # Surely, if flipping a single coin 100 times your total number of heads
>> and
>> tails should add up to 100
>> # not 173 or am I missing the point?
>>
>>
>> No, you're missing an indentation. If you check the code you're running,
> I think you'll find that you didn't unindent the line incrementing count.
>
> Of course, it's less error prone to simply use
> for count in xrange(100):
>
> instead of while count < 100:
>
> and you wouldn't need to increment count.
>
> DaveA
>
>
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Re: [Tutor] While Loops: Coin Flip Game :p:
Thankyou..!!!
Regards,
Nithya
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Luke Pettit wrote:
> Arrr thats better Nithya it works fine now. I had it working fine before
> it was just coming up with that strange result of 73 and 100
> when I copied the code into wing to check it out in order to understand it.
> Wing picked up the spacing and I had already corrected
> that Dave as I was simply looking at Nithya code.
>
>
> On 16 November 2010 19:10, Nithya Nisha wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> This is the Code. Please check it.It is working fine.
>>
>> >>>import random
>> >>>headsCount = 0
>> >>>tailsCount = 0
>> >>>count = 1
>> >>>
>> >>>while count <= 100:
>> >>> coin = random.randrange(2)
>> >>> if coin == 0:
>> >>> headsCount += 1
>> >>> else:
>> >>> tailsCount += 1
>> >>> count += 1
>> >>>
>> >>>print "The number of heads was", headsCount
>> >>>print "The number of tails was", tailsCount
>> >>>
>> >>>raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>>
>>
>>
>> *
>> Your Description *:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Dave Angel wrote:
>>
>>> When I run this code (I'm also a noob) I get this result:-
>>>>
>>>> [evaluate lines 1-22 from untitled-1.py]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> The number of heads was 73
>>>> The number of tails was 100
>>>>
>>>> Press the enter key to exit.
>>>>
>>>> # Surely, if flipping a single coin 100 times your total number of heads
>>>> and
>>>> tails should add up to 100
>>>> # not 173 or am I missing the point?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, you're missing an indentation. If you check the code you're
>>> running, I think you'll find that you didn't unindent the line incrementing
>>> count.
>>>
>>> Of course, it's less error prone to simply use
>>> for count in xrange(100):
>>>
>>> instead of while count < 100:
>>>
>>> and you wouldn't need to increment count.
>>>
>>> DaveA
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> With Regards,
>> Nithya S
>>
>>
>
>
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> Luke Pettit
>
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