Newbie Program

[Daniel Schüle]

Eric schrieb:
> I am reading a book on Python and ran across and exercise that I just
> can't seem to figure out.  Its pretty simple, but I just can't get
> past a certain point.
> 
> The task is to create a program that flips a coin 100 times and keeps
> track of the total of heads and tails which is printed to the screen.
> 
> My plan was to use import random with a range of 2 and use a
> conditional statement to count to 100. The problem I am encountering
> is how do I keep track of the totals for heads and tails?
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Keep in mind I am very new to
> Python so there may be a more sophisticated way, but I am just trying
> to use what the book has taught so far.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric

 >>> import random
 >>> coin = ("head", "tail")
 >>> cnt = {"head":0, "tail":0}
 >>> for i in xrange(100):
...     cnt[random.choice(coin)] += 1
...
 >>> cnt
{'head': 49, 'tail': 51}
 >>>

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