just posting some code for the halibut...

[inkedmn]

i wrote this.
blarg...


#!/usr/bin/env python

import random
import sys

heads = 0
tails = 0

x = int(raw_input("Please enter the number of coin tosses you'd like: "))

if x == 0:
print "No flips, eh? whatever..."
sys.exit()
else:
while x > 0:
flip = random.randrange(1, 3)
if flip == 1:
heads = heads + 1
else:
tails = tails + 1
x = x - 1
print "heads =", heads
print "tails =", tails


w00t!

[bwkaz]

I wrote this:

Text-mode ncurses minesweeper (http://www.csl.mtu.edu/~bwkadzba/tmines.c)

Compile with gcc -o tmines tmines.c -lncurses. Then run ./tmines

Edit: Oh yeah, it works best in a native terminal, of type Linux. But it'll also work in an xterm, it's just slower.

[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: bwkaz ]

[EyesWideOpen]

Here's a :cool: Perl :cool: version:


#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my ($heads, $tails, $x, $flip) = 0;
my ($retoss) = "y";

while ($retoss =~ /y|yes/i) {
$retoss = "n";

print "Please enter the number of coin tosses you'd like: ";

chomp($x = <STDIN> );

if ($x == 0) {
print "No flips, eh? Whatever...";
exit 0;
} else {
while ($x > 0) {
$flip = int(rand 2) + 1;

($flip == 1) ? ($heads = $heads + 1) : ($tails = $tails + 1);

$x = $x -1;
}
}

print "heads=$heads\n";
print "tails=$tails\n";

print "Toss again? [y] ";

lc(chomp($retoss = <STDIN> ));
$retoss = "y" if (not $retoss);

($heads, $tails, $x, $flip) = 0 if ($retoss =~ /y|yes/i);
}

I tried your code but it just hang on me! :confused: Does a default Python installation include what is needed to import random? I would think that it would give me an error if that were the problem though...

[kmj]

EWO: worked for me, dude! And yeah, default python install should come with everything; and even if the lib wasn't there it certainly shouldn't hang. I dunno what the problemo could be..

Did you get the prompt to enter a number? How'd you try to run it? Make sure you properly copied and pasted the code... weird.

inkedmn: very nice! Mucho pride, hermano! One thing... heh, heh, heh. There's always one thing. That call to sys.exit() is unnecessary. Even if you don't want the "heads/tails" output at the end, you shouldn't need the call to sys.exit(). There's a more elegant way to avoid printing those two lines out. ...can you do it? It's very, very simple, and doesn't involve adding anything at all to the program.


C:\Python21>python c:\flipper.py
Please enter the number of coin tosses you'd like: 23423
heads = 11820
tails = 11603


Oh yeah, I haven't got linux on my box anymore. damn civ3 was like 6 million megs. sigh.

[inkedmn]

#!/usr/bin/env python

import random

heads = 0
tails = 0

try:
x = int(raw_input("Please enter the number of coin tosses you'd like: "))
if x == 0:
print "No flips, eh? whatever..."
else:
while x > 0:
flip = random.randrange(1, 3)
if flip == 1:
heads = heads + 1
else:
tails = tails + 1
x = x - 1
except ValueError: print "Not a Numeric Value"
if heads > 0 and tails > 0:
print "heads =", heads
print "tails =", tails
else:
print "Goodbye..."


w00t!

[Gaccm]

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
int x,i;
int heads=0;
int tails=0;
cout << "Please enter the number of coin tosses you'd like: ";
cin >> x;
if(x==0){
cout << "No flips, eh? whatever...";
return 0;
}
else {
while(X>0){
i=rand()%2;
if(i==0)
heads++;
else
tails++;
x--;
}
cout << "Heads= " << heads << endl << "Tails= " << tails;
}
return 0;
}



C++ w00t

[ 19 December 2001: Message edited by: Gaccm ]

[kmj]

ooh, handling exceptions... nice :)

[Gnu/Vince]

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

if ARGV.size < 1 then
puts "Usage: #{$0} <Number of tosses>"
exit
end

begin
x = Integer(ARGV.at(0))
rescue ArgumentError
puts "Please input only integers"
exit
end


heads = 0
tails = 0
if x == 0 then
puts "No flips heh? Good bye"
exit
else
while x > 0 do
flip = rand(2)
if flip == 1 then heads += 1 else tails += 1 end
x -= 1
end
end

puts "Heads: #{heads}"
puts "Tails: #{tails}"

[RTFM]

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/

wait.. OTHER random stuff.. :o

;)

[Stuka]

kmj-
Did I read that right? Civ3??? I'm jealous as hell now! I'm a huge Civ junkie!

[kmj]

Originally posted by Stuka:
<STRONG>kmj-
Did I read that right? Civ3??? I'm jealous as hell now! I'm a huge Civ junkie!</STRONG>

yeah :) wiped out mandrake 7 for Civ III, and now I have loads of free space. Now I don't even have time to play it; played some marathon games during the week between fall and winter quarters (RIT has quarters, not semesters).. which was the week after it came out, luckily. :)

[-sureshot-]

civ3 is evil. you start the game, then next thing you know its 14 hours later and you haven't eaten, urinated or studied for finals...its a damn time warp, i swear.

[EyesWideOpen]

Originally posted by kmj:
<STRONG>Did you get the prompt to enter a number?</STRONG>

Nope.

<STRONG>How'd you try to run it?</STRONG>

I made it executable and then just ran coins.py from the command line.

I just tried it (and inkedmn's newer code) again but this time instead of executing the program I used python coins.py and it works -- with one exception. I get the following before the prompt to 'enter the number of coin tosses...': 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback.

The program still works even though I get that error though.

[kmj]

weird; what version of python do you have?