RosettaCodeData/Task/Average-loop-length/Tcl/average-loop-length.tcl

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Tcl

# Generate a list of the numbers increasing from $a to $b
proc range {a b} {
for {set result {}} {$a <= $b} {incr a} {lappend result $a}
return $result
}
# Computing the expected value analytically
proc tcl::mathfunc::factorial n {
::tcl::mathop::* {*}[range 2 $n]
}
proc Analytical {n} {
set sum 0.0
foreach x [range 1 $n] {
set sum [expr {$sum + factorial($n) / factorial($n-$x) / double($n)**$x}]
}
return $sum
}
# Determining an approximation to the value experimentally
proc Experimental {n numTests} {
set count 0
set u0 [lrepeat $n 1]
foreach run [range 1 $numTests] {
set unseen $u0
for {set i 0} {[lindex $unseen $i]} {incr count} {
lset unseen $i 0
set i [expr {int(rand()*$n)}]
}
}
return [expr {$count / double($numTests)}]
}
# Tabulate the results in exactly the original format
puts " N average analytical (error)"
puts "=== ========= ============ ========="
foreach n [range 1 20] {
set a [Analytical $n]
set e [Experimental $n 100000]
puts [format "%3d %9.4f %12.4f (%6.2f%%)" $n $e $a [expr {abs($e-$a)/$a*100.0}]]
}