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  1. import random, copy
  2.  
  3. def simulate_game():
  4.     doors = range(3) #0, 1, 2
  5.     car = random.choice(doors)
  6.  
  7.     contestant_selection = random.choice(doors)
  8.     doors.remove(contestant_selection)
  9.  
  10.     monty_doors = copy.copy(doors)
  11.     # Choices for Monty to open to reveal a goat
  12.  
  13.     try:
  14.         monty_doors.remove(car) # Hall won't reveal a car
  15.     except ValueError:
  16.     # If user picked the car to start and therefore is already removed
  17.         pass
  18.  
  19.     monty_goat_reveal = random.choice(monty_doors)
  20.     doors.remove(monty_goat_reveal) # Remove Goat door
  21.  
  22.     switched_choice = doors.pop()
  23.  
  24.     return switched_choice == car
  25.  
  26. if __name__ == '__main__':
  27.     counter = 0
  28.     trials = 10000
  29.     for x in xrange(trials):
  30.         if simulate_game():
  31.             counter += 1
  32.     print 'Percentage won is: {}%'.format(100. * counter / trials)
  33.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.09s 11496KB
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Percentage won is: 67.97%
https://ideone.com/kz1fXx
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
created:
8 years ago
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