On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:52 PM, siyu798 <siyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I started learning clojure for a few months and this is what I have for > the problem, and I find it running very slow if exceeding 100k trials, maybe > it's because of using set? Any feedbacks will be appreciated. thx > (require '[clojure.set :as set]) > (def doors #{:a :b :c}) > (defn rand-nth-set [s] > (conj #{} (rand-nth (seq s))))
#{(rand-nth (seq s))} should work as well. > (defn play > ([] (play nil)) > ([switch?] > (let [prize-door (rand-nth-set doors) > picked-door (rand-nth-set doors) > empty-doors (set/difference doors prize-door) > opened-door (rand-nth-set (set/difference empty-doors picked-door)) > picked-door (if switch? > (set/difference doors opened-door picked-door) Shouldn't that be wrapped in (first ...) or something? > picked-door)] > (= picked-door prize-door)))) > (count (remove #(false? %) (repeatedly 10000 #(play true)))) > (count (remove #(false? %) (repeatedly 10000 #(play false)))) As for the speed, I'm not sure what the problem is. -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en