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Sum of roll of N dice
05-02-2018, 08:04 AM
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RE: Sum of roll of N dice
(05-02-2018 07:01 AM)Jim Horn Wrote:  So, just find a random number from 0 to (6^N)-1, convert to base 6, add the sum of its digits plus N (to correct the "subtract 1 from each digit") and there you go: the sum of the six rolled dice with only one random number generation.

That is the optimization I meant. Quite short and effective. How much I need to learn!
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Sum of roll of N dice - Joe Horn - 05-02-2018, 05:06 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Gerald H - 05-02-2018, 05:48 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - pier4r - 05-02-2018, 06:21 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Jim Horn - 05-02-2018, 07:01 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - pier4r - 05-02-2018 08:04 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - John Keith - 05-02-2018, 02:07 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Jim Horn - 05-02-2018, 05:58 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - John Keith - 05-02-2018, 07:18 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Gerald H - 05-02-2018, 08:01 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Werner - 05-03-2018, 12:39 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Gerald H - 05-03-2018, 04:49 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Werner - 05-03-2018, 05:14 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Gamo - 05-02-2018, 10:54 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Joe Horn - 05-02-2018, 12:03 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Joe Horn - 05-02-2018, 02:00 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - John Keith - 05-02-2018, 07:15 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Dieter - 05-02-2018, 07:38 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - pier4r - 05-02-2018, 07:44 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Jim Horn - 05-02-2018, 09:51 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Csaba Tizedes - 05-03-2018, 08:16 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - SlideRule - 05-04-2018, 12:23 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Csaba Tizedes - 05-04-2018, 06:09 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Joe Horn - 05-04-2018, 07:32 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - SlideRule - 05-03-2018, 01:55 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Gamo - 05-04-2018, 06:27 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Joe Horn - 05-04-2018, 07:12 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - SlideRule - 05-04-2018, 11:30 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Michael Zinn - 05-04-2018, 06:35 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Dieter - 05-04-2018, 08:04 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Dieter - 05-05-2018, 06:38 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Dieter - 05-06-2018, 06:12 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - zooropa1844 - 05-06-2018, 10:11 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - zooropa1844 - 05-06-2018, 08:18 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Dieter - 05-06-2018, 09:02 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - zooropa1844 - 05-06-2018, 09:31 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - pier4r - 05-08-2018, 05:14 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Allen - 05-11-2018, 12:11 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Allen - 05-11-2018, 01:32 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - zooropa1844 - 05-11-2018, 06:55 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - brickviking - 05-11-2018, 09:52 AM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Allen - 05-11-2018, 12:19 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - Thomas Klemm - 06-23-2018, 09:36 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - rprosperi - 06-23-2018, 10:33 PM
RE: Sum of roll of N dice - ttw - 06-24-2018, 01:08 AM



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