Mega Code Archive
Roll a six-sided die 6000 times
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import random
frequency1 = 0
frequency2 = 0
frequency3 = 0
frequency4 = 0
frequency5 = 0
frequency6 = 0
for roll in range( 1, 6001 ): # 6000 die rolls
face = random.randrange( 1, 7 )
if face == 1: # frequency counted
frequency1 += 1
elif face == 2:
frequency2 += 1
elif face == 3:
frequency3 += 1
elif face == 4:
frequency4 += 1
elif face == 5:
frequency5 += 1
elif face == 6:
frequency6 += 1
else: # simple error handling
print "should never get here!"
print "Face %13s" % "Frequency"
print " 1 %13d" % frequency1
print " 2 %13d" % frequency2
print " 3 %13d" % frequency3
print " 4 %13d" % frequency4
print " 5 %13d" % frequency5
print " 6 %13d" % frequency6
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