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Re: Coin Toss Sim

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  • Subject: [mg122384] Re: Coin Toss Sim
  • From: Tomas Garza <tgarza10 at msn.com>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:29:40 -0400 (EDT)
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Try
In[2]:= Tally@RandomChoice[{"head", "tail"}, 1000]
Out[2]= {{"tail", 488}, {"head", 512}}
-Tomas

> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:39:20 -0400
> From: poolebc221 at gmail.com
> Subject: Coin Toss Sim
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>
> I am new to mathematica and am trying to make a coin flipping simulation however mo code isn't working. When I tell it to count the number of head it gives me a bad count. The code I am using is listed below any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> y[n_] := Block[{g, s},
>  
>  
>   g := RandomChoice[{"head", "tail"}, n];
>   s := Count[g, "head"];
>   {g, s}
>   ]
>
 		 	   		  


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