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How many lives does it take for a skydiver to die on the first leap?
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| from random import * | |
| def jump(): | |
| jumps = 0 | |
| while True: | |
| jumps += 1 | |
| if randrange(100000) is 1: | |
| return jumps | |
| lives = 0 | |
| while True: | |
| lives += 1 | |
| # just a nudge that the script is still running | |
| # ye olde snake is murderously slow... | |
| if lives % 100 == 0: | |
| print "Life #%d..." % lives | |
| if jump() == 1: | |
| print "It took %d lives to die on the first jump!" % lives | |
| break | |
| """ | |
| Life #100... | |
| Life #200... | |
| Life #300... | |
| Life #400... | |
| Life #500... | |
| Life #600... | |
| Life #700... | |
| Life #800... | |
| Life #900... | |
| Life #1000... | |
| Life #1100... | |
| Life #1200... | |
| Life #1300... | |
| Life #1400... | |
| Life #1500... | |
| Life #1600... | |
| Life #1700... | |
| Life #1800... | |
| Life #1900... | |
| Life #2000... | |
| Life #2100... | |
| Life #2200... | |
| Life #2300... | |
| Life #2400... | |
| Life #2500... | |
| Life #2600... | |
| Life #2700... | |
| Life #2800... | |
| Life #2900... | |
| Life #3000... | |
| Life #3100... | |
| Life #3200... | |
| Life #3300... | |
| Life #3400... | |
| Life #3500... | |
| Life #3600... | |
| Life #3700... | |
| Life #3800... | |
| Life #3900... | |
| Life #4000... | |
| Life #4100... | |
| Life #4200... | |
| Life #4300... | |
| Life #4400... | |
| Life #4500... | |
| Life #4600... | |
| Life #4700... | |
| Life #4800... | |
| Life #4900... | |
| Life #5000... | |
| Life #5100... | |
| Life #5200... | |
| Life #5300... | |
| Life #5400... | |
| Life #5500... | |
| Life #5600... | |
| Life #5700... | |
| Life #5800... | |
| Life #5900... | |
| Life #6000... | |
| Life #6100... | |
| Life #6200... | |
| Life #6300... | |
| Life #6400... | |
| Life #6500... | |
| Life #6600... | |
| Life #6700... | |
| Life #6800... | |
| Life #6900... | |
| Life #7000... | |
| Life #7100... | |
| Life #7200... | |
| Life #7300... | |
| Life #7400... | |
| Life #7500... | |
| Life #7600... | |
| Life #7700... | |
| Life #7800... | |
| Life #7900... | |
| Life #8000... | |
| Life #8100... | |
| Life #8200... | |
| Life #8300... | |
| It took 8329 lives to die on the first jump! | |
| """ |
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