"Colleen Glaeser" <songbird42...@gmail.com> wrote
First, write a function that simulates flipping a coin. This
function needs
no parameters. When called, it should return either “HEADS” or
“TAILS”.
Those are strings. That’s *return*, not print.
OK, You've done this
When that function is working, write another function to exercise
it.
And you have almost done this
function should have one parameter, a positive number. This
function will
call the previous function that number of times, and count the
number of
heads. When finished, it should *return* (not print) the number of
heads.
But not quite...
def multicoinToss(tosses):
for i in range(tosses):
So far so good
print (coinToss())
But instead of printing you want to count heads
Do you know how to test if the result of your function is "HEADS"?
Do you know how to increment a counter - ie add one to it?
Do you know how to return that value from your function at
the end of the for loop?
You should do, because you have done something very
similar to 1 and 3 in your coinToss function.
Can anybody help me figure out how to do it?
Because its homework we won;t give you the answer just
some hints. Have another go and post the result if it doesn't
work.
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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