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Dice Roller

Dice Roller

Submitted By Martin Crisp (Hypercube)

Description

Dice Roller:
Rolls dice... like you might use in afantasy role-playing game.

D20 -> Roll a 20-sided die
3D20 -> Roll 3 20-sided dice and total the result
3*D20 -> Roll a 20-sided die and mutiply the result by 3
DD20 -> Roll a die that has as many sides as the result of a rolling a 20-sided die [if a 12 is rolled on a 20-sided die, the take the result of rolling a 12-sided die.]

D10D20 -> roll a 10-sided die, roll that number of 20-sided dice and total the result.

supports addition, multiplication, subtraction & division operators (but no others!). Does not support parentheses to adjust evaluation order.

To use:
%_roll{DiceExpression}
e.g. %_roll{d12+3d4*2-D20} => rolled d12+3d4*2-D20 and the result was: 15

[PS: number ranges and operators affect whether result is a 'real' or 'integer'. Only non-negative integers (0, 1, 2, 3, ...) are allowable for die-size. All individual die results are numbers between 1 and the die size, which means a D0 gives a 0 or 1, and a D1 always gives a 1.]

To install:
Unpack the zip archive, and then double-click the roll.AdiumScripts bundle.

Comments

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# by Reikon on 09/11/04 at 20:14:01

Great script, only problem is it returns "Rolled a D6 Sided Dice" instead of "6 sided" dice and people dont' know what i'm talking about, but it's all good gj man!

# by on 09/12/04 at 02:36:54

It should, and does for me, return 'rolled a and the result was: ' (or display a not very informative dialog if the input isn't valid).

It's easy enough to change it inside the script... (email if you want/need the gory details)
I'll upload a different version if I can get some concensus on a better phrase :-)

Have Fun
Martin

# by on 09/12/04 at 03:23:19

OK, so angle-bracketed stuff gets swallowed.

the result of:
I %_roll{d6}, what happens?

is

I rolled d6 and the result was: 4, what happens?

Isn't that what you're seeing?

Have Fun
Martin



# by Reikon on 09/12/04 at 18:20:36

Yeah, thats what i'm seeing, however people dont' know what i'm talking about especially when i roll a 12 sided dice..

I rolled d12 sided and the result was: 4

people think I'm talking about that rap group or something..if you put in an integer, like:

%_roll{2} it'll return 2..or w/e you put in...like:

I rolled 2 sided dice and the result was: 2

is there any way to make it work with numbers only do "D" isn't returned in there? j/w..otherwise it still owns...

# by Reikon on 09/12/04 at 18:22:02

Blah...I mean make it to where D isn't returned in the result..

# by on 09/12/04 at 23:51:45

OK, I see what you mean now...

Yep, that would be clearer, for simple rolls; but it quickly becomes a pain to understand for more complex rolls.

Perhaps I could change the output so that if there's only one D and no arithmetic operators it gives a more-English result. But I don't think a readily-understandable English equivalent is available for arbitrary rolls.

Alternatively: get 'better' friends ;-)

Have Fun
Martin

# by Reikon on 09/13/04 at 18:16:30

You could just use Apple's Trim text manipulation to remove the D from the result couldn't you? ^_^

# by on 09/13/04 at 21:46:33

Heh. I could, but that doesn't look to make things clearer for more complex input.

%_roll{d12+3d4*2-D20} => rolled 12+34*2-20 and the result was: 15


I'll have a play with re-working the output for simpler rolls (which are more common), but I really can't think of much that can be done to clarify output from more complex input.

Have Fun
Martin

# by Reikon on 09/16/04 at 23:46:09

It's still a great script and you did an awesome job. Thanks!

# by on 09/18/04 at 02:50:59

:-) Thanks

I'm 'getting to' the above revisions, and contemplating a couple of other operators (mod, div, exponentiation), perhaps parentheses. But various bits of life have been keeping me away from my machine...


Have Fun
Martin

# by Cheesus on 08/14/06 at 17:41:33

This script is great. The only thing that I would like to see in a newer version is the
ability to see what each die rolled individually.

For example: %_roll{3d6} => rolled 3d6 and the result was: 3+4+5=12
or perhaps another method of representation.

Just a suggestion, and almost 2 years later, at that.

# by redjag on 09/07/07 at 16:26:44

Very cool script, I also agree a breakdown of the "background" rolling would be great.

# by era on 02/24/09 at 19:52:23

The script is really great, but how Cheesus said it would be very nice if you would write each roll individually: 3d6 -> 3+4+5=12
You could even make this through an extra command, like %_roll_show{3d6}

Another little wish: you could rename your script to roll_dice or dice or something like that because there is allready a roll-function (which does not roll dices, but it has the same name: roll)

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Current Version: 1.0
Last Updated: 09/08/04
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Gary Gygax? I wrote it a year ago for IRC use