yet another homework question

[HakolYahol]

Write a program that flips a coin 100 times and then tells you
the number of heads and tails.

the solution should not include "lists" and such a they were not learned yet in the book.

the book is called "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 3rd Edition"

can you tell me the answer?

:)

[Larz60+]

can you tell me the answer?

You need to provide your attempt at writing the code yourself.
We are glad to help, but should not write your homework for you.

[buran]

can you tell me the answer?

Yes, we can. But it's your homework and we won't do it.

[HakolYahol]

i still have some problem with figuring out how to solve questions that are given to me.

i will read without answering questions then because the mental effort is futile.

too bad the book does not include answers

[Larz60+]

too bad the book does not include answers

why take the course then?

[HakolYahol]

too bad the book does not include answers

why take the course then?

it's not a course. it's just a book. and i want to try learning anyway. maybe at some point i will be able to understand the concept better

so what do you actually say?

[buran]

so what do you actually say?

it doesn't matter if it is book(self-study resource) or a course. If you don't gain enough/solid knowledge that will allow you to solve the problems/exercises yourself then why you waste time with this particular book/course? not all learning resources are good fit for everybody. I don't say it's bad/good one - I don't know it, but maybe the material is not presented in the right way FOR YOU.

[Larz60+]

Understanding each elementary part of any system, software, engineering, or whatever may be boring, if looked at the wrong way, but it can be an adventure in learning. Understanding how each simple part works makes designing a larger system easy, and more gratifying because you know what it's going to do before constructing it.

If you don't follow these simple rules, you'll end up with something like Microsoft word!

[Fab95]

I agree that you should try harder by yourself. Yet I'm learning too and specially trying hard to manage loops. Although I think this exercise was not really hard to solve.

import random
heads=0
i=0
for i in range(99):
  i+= 1
  heads_count = random.randrange(2)
  if heads_count == 0:
    heads_count = 0
  elif heads_count == 1:
    heads_count = 1
    heads+=1

print("Number of heads", heads, ".  Number of tails", 100 - heads)

[perfringo]

I recommend using pythonista's best friend - interactive interpretator. You can list all available methods and get help on them. Python names are quite descriptive and just scanning available methods and trying out most promising ones may help you find solution for your problem.

>>> import random
>>> random.         # 2 x TAB key
random.betavariate(     random.lognormvariate(  random.seed(           
random.BPF              random.normalvariate(   random.setstate(       
random.choice(          random.NV_MAGICCONST    random.SG_MAGICCONST   
random.choices(         random.paretovariate(   random.shuffle(        
random.expovariate(     random.randint(         random.SystemRandom(   
random.gammavariate(    random.Random(          random.triangular(     
random.gauss(           random.random(          random.TWOPI           
random.getrandbits(     random.randrange(       random.uniform(        
random.getstate(        random.RECIP_BPF        random.vonmisesvariate(
random.LOG4             random.sample(          random.weibullvariate( 
>>> help(random.choice)
Help on method choice in module random:

choice(seq) method of random.Random instance
    Choose a random element from a non-empty sequence.
(END)
>>> random.choice(['heads', 'tails'])
'heads'
>>> random.choice(['heads', 'tails'])
'heads'
>>> random.choice(['heads', 'tails'])
'tails'

You don't need i = 0 because for-loop does it for you. If you want loop 100 times then:

for i in range(100):