1. consecutiveHeads2.py
2. consecutiveHeads.py
3. game.py
4. string_compare.py
5. string_iteration.py

# 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
numHeads = 0

while True: 
    # flip coin
    coinFlip = flipCoin()
    # update my number of flips
    numFlips += 1
    print(numFlips, end=": ")
    # if the coin flip is tails
    # reset numHeads to 0 
    if coinFlip == TAILS:
        numHeads = 0
        print("Tails")
    else:
        numHeads += 1
        print("Heads")
    if numHeads == NUM_CONSECUTIVE:
        break
    
print("The total number of flips to get", NUM_CONSECUTIVE, "heads was", numFlips)

# 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
numHeads = 0

while numHeads < NUM_CONSECUTIVE: 
    # flip coin
    coinFlip = flipCoin()
    # update my number of flips
    numFlips += 1
    print(numFlips, end=": ")
    # if the coin flip is tails
    # reset numHeads to 0 
    if coinFlip == TAILS:
        numHeads = 0
        print("Tails")
    else:
        numHeads += 1
        print("Heads")
    
    
print("The total number of flips to get", NUM_CONSECUTIVE, "heads was", numFlips)

# 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(HEADS, TAILS)
    
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()

# 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!")

# 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])