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A demonstration of the Monty Hall problem.
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function getRandomInt(min, max) { | |
return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min)) + min; | |
} | |
var monty = function(doSwitch) { | |
var tryCount = 10000; | |
var winCount = 0.0; | |
for (var i = 0; i < tryCount; i++) { | |
var car = getRandomInt(0, 3); | |
var choice = getRandomInt(0, 3); | |
console.log("Your choice: " + choice); | |
var openDoor = 0; | |
while (openDoor === choice || openDoor === car) { | |
openDoor += 1; | |
} | |
console.log("Open door: " + openDoor); | |
if (doSwitch) { | |
choice = 1 ^ 2 ^ choice ^ openDoor; | |
} | |
console.log("Car door: " + car); | |
console.log("Correct? " + (car == choice)); | |
if (car === choice) { | |
winCount += 1; | |
} | |
} | |
return winCount / tryCount; | |
} | |
console.log("Win ratio: " + monty(true)); |
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