[Tutor] New programmer, need some help getting started on my first project

[Bob Gailer]

Chris Delgado wrote:
> johnf,
>
> Yup, I actually thought that might be my mistake but I forgot to 
> actually try it. So I did and revised the code (which I'll post below) 
> and now get a syntax error after my heads += line..yikes .
>
> # A program that simulates flipping a coin 100 times and the reports 
> the number of heads and tails that were flipped#
>
> import random
>
> heads = 0
> tails = 0
> flips = 0
>
> if flips <= 100:
>
>     coin = random.randrange(2)
>
>     if coin == 0:
>         heads +=
>     else:
>         tails +=
>
>     flips += 1 
>
> print "The coin was flipped 100 times and it was heads" + heads + 
> "times and tails" + tails + "times!"
>
> raw_input("\n\nPress the Enter key to exit")
Good - you wrote it. Did you run it? Because there are several things 
that will lead to "compile errors" and "execution errors". I hope you 
run it and think about the errors, then if stumped ask us.

-- 
Bob Gailer
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