PD4CS

A skeleton program

import random

# use random.randint() function to generate a random number between 1 and 3
# The number generated means the door that has the car behind it
winner = random.randint(1,3)

# ask the player to make the initial decision
print 'Please choose the number of the door (enter 1,2, or 3):'
player_choice = int(raw_input())

open_door = 0 # records the number of the door will be opened
switch_door = 0 # the number of the door if the player choose to switch

## OPEN A DOOR WITH A GOAT

## if the player chose a door with a goat,
## open the other door with the goat
if player_choice != winner:
    ….

## if the player chose the door with the car,
## open one of the other two doors, each having a goat
## choose a random one (each with probability ½)
else:
    …..

print 'Door', open_door, 'is opened and there is a goat behind it.'
print 'Do you want to switch?'
print 'Y for Yes, I want to switch'
print 'N for No, I don’t want to switch'
want_switch = raw_input()
if want_switch == 'Y':
    player_choice = switch_door 		#switch to the other door

if player_choice == winner:
    print 'Congratulations! You win the car!'
else:
print 'You win a goat!'

A sample program

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import random

# use random.randint() function to generate a random number between 1 and 3
# The number generated means the door that has the car behind it
winner = random.randint(1,3)

# ask the player to make the initial decision
print 'Please choose the number of the door (enter 1,2, or 3):'
player_choice = int(raw_input())

open_door = 0 # the number of the door will be opened
switch_door = 0 # the number of the door if the player choose to switch

## if the player chose the door with a goat,
## open the other door with the goat
if player_choice != winner:
    switch_door = winner
    if player_choice == 1:
        if winner == 2:
            open_door = 3
        else:
            open_door = 2
    elif player_choice == 2:
        if winner == 1:
            open_door = 3
        else:
            open_door = 1
    else: # choice is 3
        if winner == 1:
            open_door = 2
        else:
            open_door = 1
## if the player chose the door with the car,
## open one of the other two doors randomly
else:
    if player_choice == 1:
        goat_door1 = 2
        goat_door2 = 3
    elif player_choice == 2:
        goat_door1 = 1
        goat_door2 = 3
    else: # choice is 3
        goat_door1 = 1
        goat_door2 = 2
    
    # randomly open a door between two goat_doors
    luck = random.randint(1,2)
    if luck == 1:
        open_door = goat_door1
        switch_door = goat_door2
    else:
        open_door = goat_door2
        switch_door = goat_door1

print 'Door', open_door, 'is opened and there is a goat behind it.'
print 'Do you want to switch?'
print 'Y for Yes, I want to switch'
print 'N for No, I don’t want to switch'
want_switch = raw_input()
if want_switch == 'Y':
    player_choice = switch_door #switch to the other door

if player_choice == winner:
    print 'Congratulations! You win the car!'
else:
    print 'You win a goat!'