Contents
- consecutiveHeads2.py
- consecutiveHeads.py
- game.py
- string_compare.py
- string_iteration.py
- survey.py
consecutiveHeads2.py 1/6
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# Count how many times it takes to get 3 consecutive heads.
# This version uses a break statement
# By CSCI111
from game import *
NUM_CONSECUTIVE = 3
print("This program finds how many coin flips are required before")
print("we get", NUM_CONSECUTIVE, "consecutive heads")
numFlips = 0
consecutiveHeads = 0
# keep going
while True:
side = flipCoin()
numFlips = numFlips+1
print(numFlips, end=" ")
if side == HEADS:
print("HEADS")
consecutiveHeads = consecutiveHeads + 1
else:
print("TAILS")
consecutiveHeads = 0
if consecutiveHeads == NUM_CONSECUTIVE:
break
print("It took", numFlips, "to get", NUM_CONSECUTIVE, "heads.")
consecutiveHeads.py 2/6
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# Count how many times it takes to get 3 consecutive heads
# By CSCI111
from game import *
NUM_CONSECUTIVE = 3
print("This program finds how many coin flips are required before")
print("we get", NUM_CONSECUTIVE, "consecutive heads")
numFlips = 0
consecutiveHeads = 0
# keep going
while consecutiveHeads != NUM_CONSECUTIVE:
side = flipCoin()
numFlips = numFlips+1
print(numFlips, end=" ")
if side == HEADS:
print("HEADS")
consecutiveHeads = consecutiveHeads + 1
else:
print("TAILS")
consecutiveHeads = 0
print("It took", numFlips, "to get", NUM_CONSECUTIVE, "heads.")
game.py 3/6
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# Helpful functions for games
# by CSCI111
from random import *
HEADS=0
TAILS=1
def flipCoin():
"""
Simulates flipping a non-biased coin.
returns either HEADS or TAILS.
"""
return randint(0, 1)
def testFlipCoin():
""" tests the flipCoin function """
numTests = 20
numSuccesses = 0
for x in range(numTests):
flipped = flipCoin()
if flipped == HEADS or flipped == TAILS:
numSuccesses += 1
print( numSuccesses, "out of", numTests, "tests passed.")
if __name__ == '__main__':
testFlipCoin()
string_compare.py 4/6
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# Program compares two strings
# by Sara Sprenkle
str1 = input("Enter a string to compare: ")
str2 = input("Compare '" + str1 + "' with what string? ")
print("-" * 40)
if str1 < str2 :
print("Alphabetically,", str1, "comes before", str2 + ".")
elif str1 > str2:
print("Alphabetically,", str2, "comes before", str1 + ".")
else:
print("You tried to trick me!", str1, "and", str2, "are the same word!")
string_iteration.py 5/6
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# Iterating through strings
# by Sara Sprenkle
phrase = input("Enter a phrase: ")
print("Iterate through phrase, using characters:")
for char in phrase:
print(char)
print()
print("Iterate through phrase, using positions of characters:")
for pos in range(len(phrase)):
print(pos, phrase[pos])
survey.py 6/6
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# Demonstrate use of constants, string concatenation
# by CS111
import sys
from random import *
SCALE_MIN=0
SCALE_MAX=100
DIVIDER_LENGTH=70
NUM_TIMES=3
divider="-"*DIVIDER_LENGTH
print(divider)
prompt = "On a scale of " + str(SCALE_MIN) + " to " + str(SCALE_MAX)
# broke up into 2 lines because ran out of room
prompt += ", what do you think of Ryan Gosling? "
for whichTime in range(NUM_TIMES):
# ask once, with wise crack
rating = float(input(prompt))
if rating < SCALE_MIN or rating > SCALE_MAX:
print("Your rating is not in the valid range", SCALE_MIN, "to", SCALE_MAX)
sys.exit(1)
responseType = randint(0,3)
if responseType <= 1:
print(rating,"?!? That's more than I do.")
elif responseType == 2:
print("yup, right on.")
else:
print("Nah,", rating, "is much too low.")
print(divider)
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