Coin.java

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Coin {
    private String face;
    private int tosses;
    private int heads;
    private double prob = 0.5; // another way to initialize
    private int value;


    public void initCoin(String f, Double p) {
	face = f;
	tosses=0;
	heads=0;
	prob=p;
    }


    public Coin(int v) {
	value = v;
	initCoin("Heads",0.5);
    }


    public Coin() {
	initCoin("Heads",0.5);
    }




    public Coin(String f) {
	initCoin(f,0.5);
    }


    public String getFace() {
	return face;
    }


    public boolean equal (Coin other) {
	/* changed from equals to equal because I didn't want to override the givern .equals method */
	return face.equals(other.getFace());
    }


    public int getValue() {
	return value;
    }


    public String toString() {
	return ""+value+" cents";
    }

    public void setFace (String f) {
	face = f;
    }

    public void flip() {
	// generate a random number and set face to heads
	// or tails 
	double r;
	tosses = tosses + 1;
	r = Math.random ();
	if (r <= prob) {
	    setFace ("heads");
	}


	else {
	    setFace ("tails");
	}
 

    }


}