-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 04:04:20AM -0500, Stevie Strickland wrote: > > rolldice is a virtual dice roller that takes in a string on the command > > line in the format used by some fantasy role playing games like Advanced > > Dungeons & Dragons[1] and returns the result of the dice rolls. > > Just wondering, what's the output like and does it return for d10 0-9 or > 1-10? Does it handle "d%"? Is the number of dice optional or must one > feed it "1d8" for example? Does it return the results of each die or the > total rolled or both? Can you give it something like "2d8 d12 3d6" and > get a nice formatted output? Am I asking too many questions? =>
Eeeeeek! Let me see if I can answer your questions in order... Returns 1-10 (I add 1 to num_sides * (rand() / (RAND_MAX + 1.0)) :) Handles d%? Oh, just put in d100 for right now, but I'll add that in :) Number of dice right now is not optional, but could easily be fixed to default to one... :) Just total, decided that was the important part (if you ask for 3d6, you're only interested in the result, unless you're doing something like method IV of rolling characters in AD&D (I believe), in which you roll 4d6 and take the highest three, in which case do 4x1d6 :) No, only handles the first string, I think... let me try it: midkemia:~$ rolldice 2d8 1d12 3d6 13 Nope, only first string, but I could just have it loop through the non-option arguments, as well :) For your final question... no, I'm always glad to answer them, especially since they usually give me things to think about as to new features :) Stevie - -- Stevie Strickland (PGP ID = 23A6D909) 325912 Georgia Tech Station [EMAIL PROTECTED] Georgia Institute of Technology http://computersprache.net/~sstrickl Atlanta, GA 30332 PGP Key fingerprint = 84 52 C7 EA E6 DB A1 C5 6A C9 D6 B9 88 26 74 FC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNqeAhYXKvMsjptkJAQHm6wP8C0ogTowH25iN31WY9UY+1mR/1lealBK3 8tdkeBU2nluVc79dKZ5YYVG1mL1y2QAaRjrcPmAfUctRg1RSEIWBpND1Umxc6SEk MEtvUruJOvNzih2gUXRbBGEnl+eK5804GdMiO7XXF6MApwjfngHELW5XH8dU89xx 7uj1YzZ/GEs= =nED1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
