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Python program simulating drawing marbles from a bag
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import random | |
def takeMarble(isRed, bag): | |
color = 'red' if isRed else 'blue' | |
if isRed: | |
return ((bag[0] - 1, bag[1]), color) | |
else: | |
return ((bag[0], bag[1] - 1), color) | |
def pickMarble(bag): | |
count = bag[0] + bag[1] | |
if bag[0] == 0: | |
return takeMarble(False, bag) | |
if bag[1] == 0: | |
return takeMarble(True, bag) | |
pick = random.randint(0, count) | |
if pick < bag[0]: | |
return takeMarble(True, bag) | |
else: | |
return takeMarble(False, bag) | |
def putMarble(isRed, bag): | |
if isRed: | |
return (bag[0] + 1, bag[1]) | |
else: | |
return (bag[0], bag[1] + 1) | |
def pick2MarblesAndReplace(bag): | |
# 1st iteration | |
(intBag, color1) = pickMarble(bag) | |
# 2nd iteration | |
(lastBag, color2) = pickMarble(intBag) | |
isRed = False if color1 == color2 else True | |
return putMarble(isRed, lastBag) | |
def whatIsLast(): | |
# (red count, blue count) | |
bag = (101, 100) | |
while (bag[0] + bag[1]) > 1: | |
bag = pick2MarblesAndReplace(bag) | |
print(bag[0], bag[1]) | |
if bag[0] > bag[1]: | |
return 'red' | |
else: | |
return 'blue' | |
answers = [whatIsLast() for i in range(100)] | |
for answer in answers: | |
print(answer) |
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