Just to add a footnote to the above remember:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_seed
unless setting your own random seed algorithm is applied.
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:49 PM, David Hutto wrote:
> Here is a problem I've come across, from empirical evidence, that also
> relates to your equation. We always assume
> that their are always two probabilities, that a coin can be either head
> or tails.
>
> However, there are dynamics within a
Here is a problem I've come across, from empirical evidence, that also
relates to your equation. We always assume
that their are always two probabilities, that a coin can be either head or
tails.
However, there are dynamics within a third realm of the dimensionality of
the coin...it's not a two d
On 2014-02-12, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Of course attachments are "a thing" in Usenet. One of the
> reasons so few ISPs offer News services these days is because
> of the *huge* volume of attachments on binary news groups. Any
> news client that can't at least *receive* attachments is a
> major fa
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:25:04AM +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 05:26:26PM -0500, Dave Angel wrote:
> > The nntp news system tossed the attachments, I believe.
>
> If you check out the gmane.comp.python.tutor mirror, you will see the
> attachments.
Er, that is to say
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 05:26:26PM -0500, Dave Angel wrote:
> He posted in html and included two attachments. His email program
> added added a text version, which we know is frequently bogus.
"Frequently?" I don't think so. I hardly ever see text parts which don't
say the same thing as the ht
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:31:51PM +0100, spir wrote:
> On 02/12/2014 10:14 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> >The first thing to notice is that by the logic of the task, each flip
> >must be either a Head or a Tail, so the number of Heads and the number
> >of Tails should always add up to the number o
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 09:30:22PM +, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> > Perhaps it is time for you to give up on whatever tool you are
> > using to read this mailing list, or at least to change your
> > assumption when you see a contentless message from "Original
> > poster didn't send email" to "I can'
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On 02/12/2014 10:14 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 03:25:22PM +, Marc Eymard wrote:
I want to emulate a coin flip and count how many heads and tails when
flipping it a hundred times.
In my last reply, I said I'd next give you some pointers to
improve the code. If you'
On 2014-02-12, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 02:08:17PM -0500, Dave Angel wrote:
>> Next time please post in text form rather than html, and
>> actually include the code you're asking us to comment on.
>
> Dave, your tools are letting you down. Marc did post in text, and did
>
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 03:25:22PM +, Marc Eymard wrote:
> I want to emulate a coin flip and count how many heads and tails when
> flipping it a hundred times.
In my last reply, I said I'd next give you some pointers to
improve the code. If you'd rather work on it yourself first, stop
rea
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 03:25:22PM +, Marc Eymard wrote:
> However, I still don't understand the bug since, in my understanding,
> both files are incrementing variable count_flips each time until the
> loop becomes false.
The problem with the "wrong" file is that it increments the count_fla
> When running it, either returned values are wrong or the script
> seems to enter in an infinite loop showing no return values at all.
One other tip: "for" loops are usually more practical when you know
exactly how many times you want to loop (100 coin flips). "while"
loops are usually more prac
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Hi Marc,
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Marc Eymard wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I want to emulate a coin flip and count how many heads and tails when
> flipping it a hundred times.
>
> I first coded coinflip_WRONG.py with "count_flips += 1" statement within the
> if/else block.
> When running it,
On 12/02/14 15:25, Marc Eymard wrote:
However, I still don't understand the bug since, in my understanding,
both files are incrementing variable *count_flips* each time until the
loop becomes false.
> count_heads = 0
> count_tails = 0
> count_flips = 0
>
> while count_flips != 100:
This is usu
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Next time please post in text form rather than html, and actually
include the
> Can somebody explain the reason of the bug.
I think you have an indentation goof on line 24 in the "wrong"
version (the else clause).
Alan
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Hello there,
I want to emulate a coin flip and count how many heads and tails when flipping
it a hundred times.
I first coded coinflip_WRONG.py with "count_flips += 1" statement within the
if/else block.
When running it, either returned values are wrong or the script seems to enter
in an infin
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