RosettaCodeData/Task/Monty-Hall-problem/Standard-ML/monty-hall-problem.ml
2023-10-02 18:11:16 -07:00

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Standard ML

val pidint = Word64.toInt(Posix.Process.pidToWord(Posix.ProcEnv.getpid()));
val rand = Random.rand(LargeInt.toInt(Time.toSeconds(Time.now())), pidint);
fun stick_win 0 wins = wins
| stick_win trial wins =
let
val winner_door = (Random.randNat rand) mod 3;
val chosen_door = (Random.randNat rand) mod 3;
in
if winner_door = chosen_door then
stick_win (trial-1) (wins+1)
else
stick_win (trial-1) wins
end
val trials = 1000000;
val sticks = stick_win trials 0;
val stick_winrate = 100.0 * Real.fromInt(sticks) / Real.fromInt(trials);
(* if you lost by sticking you would have won by swapping *)
val swap_winrate = 100.0 - stick_winrate;
(print ("sticking = " ^ Real.toString(stick_winrate) ^ "% win rate\n");
print ("swapping = " ^ Real.toString(swap_winrate) ^ "% win rate\n"));