On Sunday, October 24, 2010 01:18:52 pm Alan Gauld wrote: > In pseudo code: > > def coinToss(prob = 0.5): > rand = random() > if rand >= prob: return True > else: return False > > print "Heads" if coinToss(6/11) else "Tails" >
The only problem with this snippet is integer division: 6/11=0, at least in Python 2.6, so that the final line will always print "Heads". But wait! This is pseudo code! Ah, OK. Then 6/11=0.545454..., and Alan was right (as usual). This pseudo code snippet is almost Python code. It looks like Python, it smells like Python, it even runs as Python, if you import random from random beforehand. Python really is executable pseudo code! Cheers Jose Amoreira _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
