Will Harris wrote: > I am working my way through "python programming for the absolute > beginner" and one of the challenges is to create a program that will > flip a coin 100 times and tell you how many of each it did. Now I > have it flipping the coin, but when I try to do this 100 times I end > up with it running through 100 times, but always the same result > comes back. It will either be 100 heads, or 100 tails. I have tried > if statements and while loops and both seem to give me all or > nothing. I am just looking for a hint at the direction to look of > adjust to get the code below working not really the solution. Thanks > in advanced for any tips.
You need to change the value of coin inside the loop. The code you have flips the coin once and reports the result 100 times. Kent > > #!/usr/bin/python > import random > > coin = random.randrange(2) > > count = 0 > head_count = 0 > tail_count = 0 > > while (count != 100): > if coin == 0: > print "You got Heads!" > head_count = head_count + 1 > count = count + 1 > else: > print "You got Tails!" > tail_count = tail_count + 1 > count = count + 1 > > print "Out of", count, "you flipped", head_count, "heads and ", tail_count, > "tails" > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
