// Program Name                  Runs.java
// Course:                       CSE 1302J LAB Section 003
// Student Name:                 Bradley Shedd
// Assignment Number:            Lab1
// Due Date:                     08/25/2010
// Purpose:                      This program will calculate the maximum number of times a coin lands on heads.
//                               Next, the program prints the number of times the coin lands on heads
//                               consecutively. Finally, the max number of consecutive heads is the output.
// ********************************************************************
// Runs.java
//
// Finds the length of the longest run of heads in 100 flips of a coin.
// ********************************************************************

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Runs
{
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
   final int FLIPS = 100; // number of coin flips
   int lastFlip = -1; // records the last flip
   int currentRun = 0; // length of the current run of HEADS
   int maxRun = 0;     // length of the maximum run so far

   Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

   // Create a coin object
  
   Coin newCoin = new Coin();

   // Flip the coin FLIPS times
   for (int i = 0; i < FLIPS; i++){
      // Flip the coin & print the result
      newCoin.flip();

      // Update the run information
      if (newCoin.getFace() != lastFlip)
         System.out.println();
     
      System.out.print(newCoin.toString());
     
      if(newCoin.getFace() == 0)
         currentRun++;
      else{
         if (currentRun > maxRun)
            maxRun = currentRun;
         currentRun=0;
     }
    
    lastFlip = newCoin.getFace();
     } 
//********Prints the max number of consecutive lands on heads.**************
  System.out.print("\nThe maximum run length was: " + maxRun);
  System.out.print("\nThis program coded by: Bradley J. Shedd.");
    }
}

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