Revision of Venezuelan_election_odds.py

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Venezuelan_election_odds.py

			@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
3	3		>>> N = 10_058_774
4	4		# Counter of occurrences
5	5		>>> cnt = 0
6		-	# Counts how many occurrences we measure of share of
7		-	# votes that match their rounded representation to the
8		-	# first decimal digit
	6	+	# Count how many occurrences we measure where the
	7	+	# shares of votes exactly match their rounded
	8	+	# representation to the first decimal digit
9	9		>>> for _ in range(N):
10	10		# Share of votes to candidate A,
11	11		# as a random number between 30% and 70%
			@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
26	26		... if A == A_round and B == B_round and C == C_round:
27	27		... cnt += 1
28	28		...
	29	+	# Print the counter after >10M iterations
29	30		>>> cnt
30	31		0

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Venezuelan_election_odds.py(file created)

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1	+	>>> from random import randint
2	+	# Number of voters
3	+	>>> N = 10_058_774
4	+	# Counter of occurrences
5	+	>>> cnt = 0
6	+	# Counts how many occurrences we measure of share of
7	+	# votes that match their rounded representation to the
8	+	# first decimal digit
9	+	>>> for _ in range(N):
10	+	# Share of votes to candidate A,
11	+	# as a random number between 30% and 70%
12	+	... A = randint(round(0.3 * N), round(0.7 * N)) / N
13	+	# Share of votes to candidate C (others),
14	+	# as a random number between 1% and 10%
15	+	... C = randint(round(0.01 * N), round(0.1 * N)) / N
16	+	# Share of votes to candidate B,
17	+	# 100% - votes(A) - votes(C)
18	+	... B = 1 - A - C
19	+	# Get the values of A, B and C rounded to the
20	+	# first decimal
21	+	... A_round = round(round(A/N, 3) * N)
22	+	... B_round = round(round(B/N, 3) * N)
23	+	... C_round = round(round(C/N, 3) * N)
24	+	# If the rounded representations of A, B and C
25	+	# match their actual values, increase the counter
26	+	... if A == A_round and B == B_round and C == C_round:
27	+	... cnt += 1
28	+	...
29	+	>>> cnt
30	+	0

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