On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:49 PM, David Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com>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 third realm of the dimensionality of > the coin...it's not a two dimensional plane. So the planar probabilities in > relation to the 'surface are' *surface area hold another possibility...the > 'edge'. > > The algorithm of applying the edge are up to you, but I've seen the coin > land on it's curved edge more than once, so this function you've designed, > should have more than two possibilities, within a complete algorithm to the > real world functionality of the coin in question. > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Marc Eymard <marc_eym...@hotmail.com>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, either returned values are wrong or the script seems to >> enter in an infinite loop showing no return values at all. >> >> *coinflip.py* is a corrected version I worked out myself. I moved >> "count_flips+= 1" out of *if/else* block and inserted it before* if/else* >> . >> >> 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. >> >> Can somebody explain the reason of the bug. >> Cheers, >> >> Marc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> >> > > > -- > Best Regards, > David Hutto > *CEO:* *http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com > <http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com>* > -- Best Regards, David Hutto *CEO:* *http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com <http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com>*
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