const
bets
=
{
crown
:
0
,
anchor
:
0
,
heart
:
0
,
spade
:
0
,
club
:
0
,
diamond
:
0
};
let
totalBet
=
rand
(
1
,
funds
);
if
(
totalBet
===
7
) {
totalBet
=
funds
;
bets
.
heart
=
totalBet
;
}
else
{
// distribute total bet
}
funds
=
funds
-
totalBet
;
We’ll see later that the
else
part of the
if...else
statement is optional.
do…while Loop
When Thomas doesn’t pull out 7 pence by chance, he randomly distributes the funds
among the squares. He has a ritual for doing this: he holds the coins in his right hand,
and with his left hand, selects a random number of them (as few as one, and as many
as all of them), and places it on a random square (sometimes he places a bet on the
same square more than once). We can now update our flowchart to show this ran‐
dom distribution of the total bet, as shown in
.
Figure 4-4. Crown and Anchor simulation: distribute bets flowchart
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