[Tutor] beginner here

[Max S.]

You are using an 'elif' for your 'coin_rolls == 1:'.  The 'elif' keyword
means that if the last 'if' statement (and any 'elif's behind it) was *not*
true, only then will it be executed.  Your code could be written as 'if
rolls is NOT less than or equal to 100, only then check to see if it is 1
or 2'.  Replace your first 'elif' with 'if', and it should work.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Do youknow who <mrsannman at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Im trying to write this program where i make it flip a coin 100 times then
> tells me the number of heads and tails it came up with.
>
> this is what I got but it does not run
>
> # Coin Flip
> # Demonstrating the While loop
> import random
> print("I will flip a coin 100 times and tell you")
> print(", how many heads and how many tails I got.")
> coin_rolls = random.randint(1,2)
> heads = 0
> tails = 0
> rolls = 0
>
> if rolls <= 100:
>     rolls += 1
>
> elif coin_rolls == 1:
>     heads += 1
> elif coin_rolls == 2:
>     tails += 1
> else:
>     print("error")
> print("There was ", heads, "rolls for heads,")
> print("\nand there was ", tails, " rolls for tails.")
> input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
> I end up with 0 rolls for heads and 0 rolls for tails...I have made
> attempts to put the
> "coin_rolls = random.randint(1,2)" within the loops but only end up with
> errors
> what wrong with my code?
>
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