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The Mathematics of Winning Monopoly (standupmaths & numberphile)
# &Copy standupmaths.com/ & numberphile.com
def monop(finish_order=6,games_order=3):
finish = 10**finish_order
games = 10**games_order
import random
from random import shuffle
squares = []
while len(squares) < 40:
squares.append(0)
# roll values are values from a six by six grid for all dice rolls
rollvalues = [2,3,4,5,6,7,3,4,5,6,7,8,4,5,6,7,8,9,5,6,7,8,9,10,6,7,8,9,10,11,7,8,9,10,11,12]
games_finished = 0
while games_finished < games:
master_chest = [0,40,40,40,40,10,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40]
chest = [i for i in master_chest]
shuffle(chest)
master_chance = [0,24,11,'U','R',40,40,'B',10,40,40,5,39,40,40,40]
chance = [i for i in master_chance]
shuffle(chance)
doubles = 0
position = 0
gos = 0
while gos < finish:
diceroll = int(36*random.random())
if diceroll in [0,7,14,21,28,35]: # these are the dice index values for double rolls
doubles += 1
else:
doubles = 0
if doubles >= 3:
position = 10
else:
position = (position + rollvalues[diceroll])%40
if position in [7,22,33]: # Chance
chance_card = chance.pop(0)
if len(chance) == 0:
chance = [i for i in master_chance]
shuffle(chance)
if chance_card != 40:
if isinstance(chance_card,int):
position = chance_card
elif chance_card == 'U':
while position not in [12,28]:
position = (position + 1)%40
elif chance_card == 'R':
while position not in [5,15,25,35]:
position = (position + 1)%40
elif chance_card == 'B':
position = position - 3
elif position in [2,17]: # Community Chest
chest_card = chest.pop(0)
if len(chest) == 0:
chest = [i for i in master_chest]
shuffle(chest)
if chest_card != 40:
position = chest_card
if position == 30: # Go to jail
position = 10
squares.insert(position,(squares.pop(position)+1))
gos += 1
games_finished += 1
return squares
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