Flipping a coin
flip <- function() {
sample(c("T", "H"), 1)
}
output <- vector("double", 1000)
for(i in 1:1000) {
flips <- 0
nheads <- 0
while(nheads < 3) {
if(flip() == "H") {
nheads <- nheads + 1
} else {
nheads <- 0
}
flips <- flips + 1
}
output[i] <- flips
}
ggplot() +
geom_histogram(aes(output), bins=50)
table(output)
output
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
112 76 69 52 53 58 59 33 26 26 34 33 29 29 27 23 21
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
20 23 15 15 16 12 7 9 16 9 6 8 6 5 8 6 6
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 50 52 53 54 55
7 8 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 4 1 3 2 2 1
56 58 59 60 65 137
1 1 1 1 1 1