Hi,
I'm new to the list and to Python. I'm reading through Michael Dawson's 'Python
programming: for absolute beginners' and at the end of chapter 3 he's set a
challenge where the reader has to create a coin flip game. My code now works,
but only after I randomly switched pieces of the code around and, basically,
pulled my hair out because it wouldn't work.
My code is below. But can someone please explain to me why the following
variable has to be placed where it is for the code to work? I thought it would
need to go nearer the start of the code i.e. just before heads = 0, tails = 0
etc:
coin = random.randrange(2)
Also, why does the randrange integer have to be '2'? I only discovered this
worked by complete accident. I tried '1' and '0,1' as my integers but they just
didn't work.
Thanks,
Lawrence
import random
print "The Coin Flip Game\n"
heads = 0
tails = 0
count = 0
while count < 100:
coin = random.randrange(2)
if coin == 0:
heads = heads + 1
else:
tails = tails + 1
count += 1
print "Heads: ", heads
print "Tails: ", tails
raw_input("\nPress enter to exit.")
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