I once forgot my dice on holiday, but I fortunatly had my laptop with me, so the kids could be made happy again. No need to understand the dutch comment I think:

#!/pro/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# usage: dobbelsteen [ n [ s ]]
#   n : aantal stenen (1)
#   s : zijden per steen (6)

my $n = shift (@ARGV) // 1;
my $s = shift (@ARGV) // 6;

$, = " ";
srand time;
while (<>) {
    print "worp: ", (map { 1 + int rand $s } 1 .. $n), "\n";
    }

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This version is short, consice and allows any number of sides and multiple tosses.

BTW The // is defined-or :)


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re: Six-side dice roll calculator by Tux
in thread Six-side dice roll calculator by Scott7477

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