Clean up project

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+benfords-law
+benfords-law.exe

main.go

@@ -11,20 +11,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	randomMin  = 0
+	randomMin  = 1                  // We specify a range which random numbers will be generated, we must start at the first possible left-most digit
 	randomMax  = 999999999999999999 // int64 max value is 9223372036854775807.  We use one digit less than that with all 9's in order to not give bias to any digits.
-	numSamples = 100000000 // A nice rounded human number
+	numSamples = 100000000          // A nice rounded human number
 )
 
 func main() {
 
-	results := [9]int{} // There are 9 possible leading digits and 0 does not count, offset by 1 for index to actual value. Examples: To access 1 use [0].  To access 5 use [4].  To access 9 use [8].
+	// In results, we store a count of each left most leading digits as numbers are randomly genereated
-	currentSample := 0
+	results := [9]int{} // There are 9 possible leading digits and 0 does not count, offset by 1 for index to actual value. Examples: To access count for 1 use [0].  To access 5 use [4].  To access 9 use [8].
+	currentSample := 0  // A counter that increments each time a random number sample has been generated.  Used for status messages
 
+	// Start a little goroutine to output status and attach a ticker to execute it each second
 	statusTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			<-statusTicker.C
+			<-statusTicker.C // Wait for heartbeat from ticker channel
 			percentCompleted := (currentSample * 100) / numSamples
 			log.Printf("%d%% completed generating and analyzing samples", percentCompleted)
 		}
@@ -34,17 +36,19 @@ func main() {
 
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	for currentSample = 0; currentSample < numSamples; currentSample++ {
-		results[firstDigit(rand.Intn(randomMax-randomMin+1)+randomMin)-1]++ // We must use Intn instead of Int because from Base10's perspective, integers cut off at a really weird spot
+		results[firstDigit(rand.Intn(randomMax-randomMin+1)+randomMin)-1]++ // Generate a random number between randomMin and randomMax, get the first digit then increment the counter in results array, remember, it's offset by 1
 	}
 
+	// Done generating and counting digits, stop the status ticker
 	statusTicker.Stop()
 	log.Printf("done.")
 
-	// output results
+	// Output results
-	for digitMinusOne, count := range results {
+	for digitMinusOne, digitCount := range results {
-		fmt.Printf("%d: %d (%f%%)\n", digitMinusOne+1, count, float64(count*100)/float64(numSamples))
+		fmt.Printf("%d: %d (%f%%)\n", digitMinusOne+1, digitCount, float64(digitCount*100)/float64(numSamples))
 	}
 
+	// Wait indefinitely until Enter Key is pressed, avoid terminating terminal before viewing results if ran from a shell
 	fmt.Print("Press 'Enter' to continue...")
 	bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin).ReadBytes('\n')
 }