Eric wrote: > I am reading a book on Python and ran across and exercise that I just > can't seem to figure out. Its pretty simple, but I just can't get > past a certain point. > > The task is to create a program that flips a coin 100 times and keeps > track of the total of heads and tails which is printed to the screen. > > My plan was to use import random with a range of 2 and use a > conditional statement to count to 100. The problem I am encountering > is how do I keep track of the totals for heads and tails? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Keep in mind I am very new to > Python so there may be a more sophisticated way, but I am just trying > to use what the book has taught so far. > > Thanks, > Eric
Someone else read the same book, I suppose. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/87fcaf8ffbbd69e7/c7ff2d2b5b0d776d?q=coin+flip&rnum=3#c7ff2d2b5b0d776d -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list