Coin toss simulation for Medium article

Coin_Toss_Simulation.ipynb

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   "source": [
    "# Coin tossing simulation"
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    "import numpy as np"
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    "## Definition of simulation function"
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    "def coin_toss_simul(n_simulations):\n",
    "    heads = 0\n",
    "    for i in range(n_simulations):\n",
    "        s = np.random.uniform(0,1)\n",
    "        if s >= 0.5:\n",
    "            heads = heads + 1\n",
    "    \n",
    "    print(\"There were {} heads out of {} simulations\".format(heads,n_simulations))\n",
    "    print(\"You won {}% of the times\".format(heads/n_simulations*100))\n",
    "    print(\"\\n\")    "
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   "source": [
    "## Simulation"
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      "There were 2 heads out of 2 simulations\n",
      "You won 100.0% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 3 heads out of 5 simulations\n",
      "You won 60.0% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 2 heads out of 10 simulations\n",
      "You won 20.0% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 8 heads out of 20 simulations\n",
      "You won 40.0% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 28 heads out of 50 simulations\n",
      "You won 56.00000000000001% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 39 heads out of 100 simulations\n",
      "You won 39.0% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 262 heads out of 500 simulations\n",
      "You won 52.400000000000006% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 493 heads out of 1000 simulations\n",
      "You won 49.3% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 5028 heads out of 10000 simulations\n",
      "You won 50.28% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 49942 heads out of 100000 simulations\n",
      "You won 49.942% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "There were 499967 heads out of 1000000 simulations\n",
      "You won 49.9967% of the times\n",
      "\n",
      "\n"
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    "simulation_list = [2,5,10,20,50,100,500,1000,10000,100000,1000000]\n",
    "for n_simuls in simulation_list:\n",
    "    coin_toss_simul(n_simuls)"
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