In <1737402a-2f4d-440a-abd7-6cc500f67...@googlegroups.com> Dylan Riley <dylan.ri...@hotmail.com> writes:
> heads = int("1") Why are you taking the int value of a string constant? If you know you want the value 1, why not just use it directly? > flips = 100 > headscount = 0 > tailscount = 0 > while flips != 0: > flips -= 1 This loop has no other effect than to set flips to zero, so why not just set flips to zero in the first place? > result = random.randint(heads, tails) > if result = heads: > headscount += 1 > else: > tailscount += 1 Perhaps you meant to have this piece of code indented under the while loop above? -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list