Re: OT - Let's Make A Deal

Technobarbarian wrote:
I'm not sure what you are giving me credit for, but my only comment
on the thread was that I saw this problem explained on the TV show
Numbers, so you will have to pass that credit on to someone else.

I wrote a small database application in MS Visual FoxPro and used
its random number generator to load the database with 1 million
records. Using the game rules as defined here, the winning percentage
was about 62%. Slightly less than 2/3, but I would blame this on
the fact that my computer is too fast to get a truly random number.

The random number generator is seeded from the clock and it doesn't
change enough in the 3 or 4 seconds needed to generate 1 million
records filled with the car and goat selections. I might try it again, but
slow it down by placing another loop in the program.


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