Simulations of fair N-sided die tosses and other games of chance involving random number generation.
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Simulation for rolling dice in X-Wing
I've recently started playing the X-Wing Miniature game, and there is quite some math behind some of the dice rolls, as they are affected by many abilities and so on. Manually calculating these is ...
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Functional translation of dice simulation
I have tried my hands at "functionalising" a toy problem I had: find the expected number of throws of a six sided die until all sides have been seen (the answer is 14.7)
My starting point is my ...
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Java rolling dice + csv array output
I have made a program to take x number of die and rolls them y number of times, then stores the data into an array so that I may output a CSV file. Everything works as intended, but I am having ...
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Generate set of random numbers and remove lowest
I'm learning some Python with my kids, and we're making a program to generate D & D characters from user input.
One portion of the code is to generate stats, which are a set of six numbers where ...
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Scoring solution for Farkle (dice game)?
I've written the following function on Python (3.3) to take a list of 6 integers and return the maximum score for a game of Farkle. While the results are correct I don't feel it's a very Pythonic ...
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Dice-rolling Python script
I completed writing a dice roll script in Python but I thought it looked too messy. Is there anything I should change here?
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My first Haskell: dice rolling
Yesterday morning I decided to stop procrastinating and start learning me some Haskell.
So far I've made this, which is a simple cli 'dice rolling' utility that can be used like:
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Printing all possible sums of two n-sided dice rolls
For my CS class, we were tasked with writing a program that calculates all the possible results from rolling two n-sided dice. For example, the input of 4 would ...
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Pretty print dice faces from multiple rolls of multi-sided dices
In this question related to rolling multiple dices, the OP pretty prints for a single case where number of dices is less than or equal to 6. This led to me finding this code golf on "Draw dice result ...
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Script to determine the outcome(s) of any number of dice rolls
I think this code has far to many if else clauses and not enough abstraction via functions. I would like to break the code down into a series of small functions, or methods if i decide to go OOP, but ...
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1answer
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Pig dice game with a human and a computer player
To help my son with his programming skills, I am trying refresh my limited Python knowledge. I chose a simple dice game called Pig Dice.
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Weighted dice with n faces
Here you find some code that returns the value of a multivariate Bernoulli density function - for a dice with n faces, where each face has its weight (weight must be positive reals, not necessarily ...
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Dice-rolling Android app
This is just a simple app. All it's suppose to do is move the dice around the screen when the user swipes up or down. It will move 2 dice (image drawables) to a position on the screen depending ...
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Simulation of 2 dice rolls
I wrote a program that records how many times 2 fair dice need to be rolled to match the probabilities for each result that we should expect.
I think it works but I'm wondering if there's a more ...
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Java Dice Roller with GUI
Three days ago I wrote about a Java Dice Roller I wrote. I've now added a GUI to that program. Here it is:
DiceRollerGUI.java:
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Java Dice Roller
I've written a basic dice program in Java which takes a number of faces then randomly selects a number within that boundary. Here is the code:
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“Dice on a Yacht” game
I wrote a small program to address some assignment tasks related to making a game called 'Dice on a Yacht'. I sent the code to be reviewed by a company I was applying for, and I have not gotten the ...
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C++ Int Array/Vector Over 100 Million
Textbook style program that generates the values of two, six-sided dice; which are used to perform simple calculations. Recently, I saw an example using similar criteria that was able to utilize ...
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Simple dice class
I've built a simple dice class utility for rolling dice. It supports weighted rolling, and usage is fairly simple. Here's the code.
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Text-based dice rolling game in C++
I have made this small text-based dice rolling game in C++. How could I improve it? Be as picky as you'd like.
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Diceware Passphrase Generator
I've written a simple Diceware passphrase generator based on this Stack Overflow question and the top answer.
Briefly, in the Diceware method, a die is rolled 5 times for each word in the passphrase ...
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Move through a basic roguelike text map
I have a basic outline for the best way I can come up with to move a character through a basic text map. I want to implement this module in my simple text RPG. I know there has to be a better way to ...
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Simple text RPG in Python
I am trying to teach myself to code using Python. The following is the first real program I have written from scratch. I feel that it is messy and in need of improvement, but I am either unsure of ...
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First dice roller
The part I'm really wondering about is in the "if, elif, else" part. I set the variable to bring up the raw input thing so it would stay there long enough to read instead of just printing a response ...
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D&D dice rolling app
This JavaScript object is part of a mobile application that rolls dice for our D&D games.
Here are some example of possible inputs from the user:
2d4
2d4 + 3d6
2d4 + 3d6 + 12
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A simple testable standalone DLL for die rolling
I've decided to challenge myself by writing a test standalone DLL with the objective of making all of its publicly-exposed objects able to be as intuitive and as simple-to-use as possible.
I've ...
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10-faced dice-rolling game
My code is for a 10-faced dice-rolling game. There are 2 players who start off with 50 points, then they both roll a dice and get a random score between 1-10. The player with the highest roll gets the ...
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Simulate Random Risk Battle
For Prof. Yorgey's 2013 Haskell course, I'm working on a homework to simulate a Risk battle.
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Interactive dice simulator
After finishing my course on CodeAcademy, I wanted to write a program. Please provide opinions.
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Python Koans multiplayer Greed Game
I finished the Python Koans because I wanted to practise Python and I completed the extra assignment which is the Greed Game (see the rules here).
I think there are no flaws but you never know.
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Python greed roll
I am doing the Python Koans to practise Python a bit more and I got to the greed dice project. It is a very simple dice game that scores a set of up to five rolls.
These are the rules:
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Playing “craps” for the win v0.3
Continud from Playing “craps” for the win v0.2
You roll two dice. Each die has six faces, which contain one, two,
three, four, five and six spots, respectively. After the dice have
come to ...
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Playing “craps” for the win v0.2
Continued from Playing "craps" for the win
You roll two dice. Each die has six faces, which contain one, two,
three, four, five and six spots, respectively. After the dice have
come ...
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Playing “craps” for the win
No specific question here. I am beginning with Java and here is an exercise. The rules of game:
You roll two dice. Each die has six faces, which contain one, two,
three, four, five and six ...
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Greed in Ruby Koans
I've finished the greed problem in Ruby Koans after much confusion. This is my first programming language and I have been doing fine, but then this problem really tripped me up for some reason, ...
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Winforms Dice Control
This is my second Custom Control I have made, a dice. The code below has worked 100% in all my tests, program contains 1 dice control and seven buttons, 6 for setting a number directly, and one for ...
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Dice-rolling program
I am sort of new to programming. I would like to understand the code areas that are garbage and could be better written keeping the exact (if possible) behavior the code has now.
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Petals Around the Rose
I have been working on a program that walks you through "Petals Around the Rose". I would like anyone to review it and point out any bad coding practices, as well as efficiency problems.
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Dice Calculation Dialect
As a sample of dialects and teaching myself parse with block! values, I wrote the following dice dialect with the following ...
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Yahtzee game (using arrays and object classes)
As part of an assignment for my intro Java class (please bear with my beginner skill set), I'm working on a program for which a Die object class is used to play a Yahtzee game. An overview of the ...
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Number-guessing game in C++
I created a simple number-guessing game. Do I need to divide this program into functions? Please offer suggestions.
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Spin-the-bottle-like game, follow-up
I've posted this some time ago. Here is the new version that I made based on all the comments that were made. Another look would be much appreciated, especially on:
Getting rid of the ...
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Spin-the-bottle-like game
I've started coding about 3 weeks ago, just for fun and maybe practical uses later. My GF dared me to make a PGM that would replace this dice game where you roll two dice, one with body parts and one ...
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RubyKoans: Greed dice scoring
The Greed game, from Ruby Koans, where you roll up to 5 dice:
A set of three ones is 1000 points. A set of three numbers (other than ones) is worth 100 times the number.
A one (that is not ...
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1answer
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Optimized solution for a rolling dice code puzzle
I was asked to provide the solution of this rolling dice problem in an interview. When I showed him my solution, he said that there is another way to find the solution. I am looking for answer in PHP ...
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Dice-rolling simulator
I know there is a better way to store data. What is the most concise way to simplify this script?
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Simple dice roll using std::string as dice notation
This will be a function that returns a random number from Dice Notation (more on Wikipedia). I will later use this function to determine whether some skill check is passed or not.
Is there any need ...
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Dice notation roller in JavaScript
I have the following function, intended to take standard dice notation (XdY+Z) and return a (sort of) random number based on the input. Are there any bugs/bad ideas/optimizable sections I am missing?
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