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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ var trials = 10000; // Number of times to try the process var heads = 1; var tails = 0; var hth_first = 0; var htt_first = 0; var success_hth = 0; var success_htt = 0; var flip1 = 0; // heads will be 1 and tails will be 0; var flip2 = 0; // same @@ -30,8 +32,21 @@ for(i = 0; i < trials; i++){ if( flip1 === heads && flip2 === tails && flip3 === heads){ // checking if we math the pattern // if yes, thenwe've matched our pattern - yay!; hth_first += 1; success_hth += j; // add the step at which the match occurred. Min is j = 3 since // the pattern is 3 flips long. if(j === FLIP_ROUND){ // counting the number of times we see our sequence first on Round_Count++; // a specific round } j = 10000; // lazy way to break out of the inner for loop when we match the pattern } else if( flip1 === heads && flip2 === tails && flip3 === tails){ // checking if we math the pattern // if yes, thenwe've matched our pattern - yay!; htt_first += 1; success_htt += j; // add the step at which the match occurred. Min is j = 3 since // the pattern is 3 flips long. if(j === FLIP_ROUND){ // counting the number of times we see our sequence first on @@ -56,10 +71,8 @@ for(i = 0; i < trials; i++){ fill(0,0,0); textSize(27); text("How many total trials -> " + trials,10,50); text("average match time HTH " + success_hth / hth_first,10,100); text("average match time HTT " + success_htt / htt_first,10,130); text("HTH came first: " + hth_first / trials * 100, 10, 180); text("HTT came first: " + htt_first / trials * 100, 10, 210); -
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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ var trials = 10000; // Number of times to try the process var heads = 1; var tails = 0; var success = 0; var flip1 = 0; // heads will be 1 and tails will be 0; var flip2 = 0; // same var flip3 = 0; var i = 0; var j = 0; var FLIP_ROUND = 3; var Round_Count = 0; for(i = 0; i < trials; i++){ flip1 = floor(random(0,1) + 0.5); // this formula takes a random number between 0 and 1 flip2 = floor(random(0,1) + 0.5); // and transforms it to either 0 or 1. for(j = 3; j < 1000; j++) { flip3 = floor(random(0,1) + 0.5); // same formula from above if( flip1 === heads && flip2 === tails && flip3 === heads){ // checking if we math the pattern // if yes, thenwe've matched our pattern - yay!; success += j; // add the step at which the match occurred. Min is j = 3 since // the pattern is 3 flips long. if(j === FLIP_ROUND){ // counting the number of times we see our sequence first on Round_Count++; // a specific round } j = 10000; // lazy way to break out of the inner for loop when we match the pattern } else{ flip1 = flip2; // on to the next flip - just slide down the list flip2 = flip3; } } } // printing out the final information. fill(0,0,0); textSize(27); //text("How many total trials -> " + trials,10,50); //text("average match time " + success / trials,10,100); text("Number of times on Round " + FLIP_ROUND,10,250); text(" equals " + Round_Count,10,300); text(" as a percent " + 100*Round_Count / trials,10,350);