open_goat_door: Open goat door
In cjbecerr/montyhall: Monty Hall Game

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View source: R/monty-hall-problem.R

This is the door the host opens to show the player where one of the goats exists.

1	open_goat_door(game, a.pick)

'game'

is used as the game that was created and 'a.pick' is used for the first door that the player selected.

The game setup replicates the game on the TV show "Let's Make a Deal" where there are three doors for a contestant to choose from, one of which has a car behind it and two have goats. The contestant selects a door, then the host opens a door to reveal a goat, and then the contestant is given an opportunity to stay with their original selection or switch to the other unopened door. There was a famous debate about whether it was optimal to stay or switch when given the option to switch, so this simulation was created to test both strategies.

The function returns one of the doors that hasn't been selected, and has a goat behind it.