From 89ccbf439aef1d59d327badb741acde1623df4e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RossTheRoss <msattr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:47:46 -0600
Subject: MEANINGFUL C O M M E N T S

---
 ee1301/wk3/hw3_directory/strap012_HW3A.cpp | 23 +++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

(limited to 'ee1301/wk3/hw3_directory/strap012_HW3A.cpp')

diff --git a/ee1301/wk3/hw3_directory/strap012_HW3A.cpp b/ee1301/wk3/hw3_directory/strap012_HW3A.cpp
index 8ee7a55..453af2d 100644
--- a/ee1301/wk3/hw3_directory/strap012_HW3A.cpp
+++ b/ee1301/wk3/hw3_directory/strap012_HW3A.cpp
@@ -16,36 +16,35 @@ using namespace std;
 
 int spin_the_wheel(int d, int w) {
   int spinOG=0, spinNew=0, win=0;
-  spinOG = ( (rand() % d) + 1);
+  spinOG = ( (rand() % d) + 1); //Original spin is always the same
   for (int i=0; i<w; i++) {
-    //spinOG = ( (rand() % d) + 1);
     spinNew = ( (rand() % d) + 1);
     if (spinOG==spinNew) {
       win++;
     }
   }
-  if (win==w) {
-    return 1;
+  if (win==w) { //The only win condition is if every wheel matches
+    return 1; //"win"
   } else {
-    return 0;
+    return 0; //"loss"
   }
 }
 
 int main () {
-  srand(88888888); //See
-  int w, d, m, test;
+  srand(88888888); //Seeds the RNG of the program to a constant of eight 8s
+  int w, d, m, winTest; //'w' is for spinner count, 'd' is the number of options on the spinner
   for (w=3; w<=6; w++) {
     m=0;
     for (d=9; d<=27; d++) {
       m=0;
-      for (long long n=1000000; n>0; n--) {
-        int test = spin_the_wheel(d, w);
-        m+=test;
+      for (long n=1000000; n>0; n--) {
+        int winTest = spin_the_wheel(d, w);
+        m+=winTest;
       }
       double win=m;
       cout << "w=" << w << ", d=" << d
-           << ": Simulated probability = m/n = " << (win / 100000.0) * 100.0 << "%. "
-           << "Theoretical probability = " << (d / (pow(d, w))) * 100 << "%." << endl;
+           << ": Simulated probability = m/n = " << (win / 100000.0) * 100.0 << "%. "   //Note that 100,000!=1,000,000
+           << "Theoretical probability = " << (d / (pow(d, w))) * 100 << "%." << endl;  //This is because otherwise the percentage was off by a factor of 10
       d+=2;
     }
   }
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