Re^2: Perl script newbie need help !!!

took 0 tries to get a 6
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I've got a tournament backgammon match on Monday. If you can tell me how to get some sixes without throwing the dice, I'd be ever so grateful.

Yours not very sincerely, :-)

John Davies

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Re^3: Perl script newbie need help !!! by Marshall (Canon) on Nov 12, 2010 at 05:01 UTC
Ha, a off by error! was ok for histo, but not $count. The general idea of how to do it remains the same as well as comments on imperfections in the standard rand() function. the link I provided is a good starting place. good luck in your backgammon match!	[reply]
Re^3: Perl script newbie need help !!! by aquarium (Curate) on Nov 12, 2010 at 04:46 UTC
all the numbers have already occured. the visual display is just proof that they occured in a particular sequence. mathematical true randomness can never be reached, as you would need an infinitely large set (number of dice throws.) in real life a dice can actually land on edge, and also any number of factors can introduce a bias. a program/script to generate dice throws or such, is a limited model. if this is indeed some kind of dice throwing pretend problem, it should clearly define the limits/assumptions. as the required output for this excercise can change quite a bit depending on these assumptions. the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H	[reply]