Intro to Prog 12

Heads or Tails

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Learning goals:

  • Learn how to use random numbers in your program using `random`.

Task:

Let’s make a simple game! Most of the games you play have an element of luck, which makes games fun and exciting. For instance, you toss a coin or roll a dice. You can also add an element of luck to your program by generating random numbers. In Python, you can do that by importing `random`!

Your task is to write short program that simulates a coin toss (by generating a random number using `random`). The toss will be heads or tails. Write this little game in `headsortails.py`!

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Example output:

-!- CODE language-text -!-Heads!

-!- CODE language-text -!-Tails!

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