"rolling a dice" in python. can it be done?

[vegtard]

simple question. is it possible to write a script that rolls a six sided dice?

if this is possible, is it possible to tell it to roll the six sided dice 4 times and ignore the dice that rolled the lowest score?

if you want to know, i am working on a script to create a dungeons and dragons character :)

[ilikepython]

simple question. is it possible to write a script that rolls a six sided dice?

if this is possible, is it possible to tell it to roll the six sided dice 4 times and ignore the dice that rolled the lowest score?

if you want to know, i am working on a script to create a dungeons and dragons character :)

Ofcourse it is possible, python can do anything! You can use the random module. it has several functions having to do with anything random. Try this link:

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-random.html

[bartonc]

simple question. is it possible to write a script that rolls a six sided dice?

if this is possible, is it possible to tell it to roll the six sided dice 4 times and ignore the dice that rolled the lowest score?

if you want to know, i am working on a script to create a dungeons and dragons character :)

Just search TheScripts for "python dice". There are plenty of examples of this solution.

[Joshua Brooks]

Python. Of course it's possible :)
No claims that this is efficient/pretty/best practise it just does the job.

from random import randrange
diceroll = [0, 0, 0, 0] #initialise a holder for dice rolls
i = 0 #counter for number of rolls
while i < 4: #loop through a dice throw routine

diceroll[i] = randrange(1,7)
i += 1

diceroll.sort() #sort lowest to highest
diceroll = diceroll[1:] #drop the lowest number
print diceroll

[Sean Pedersen]

Joshua and others are right; of course it can be done! I've modified Joshua's code a bit...

diceroll = [] #initialise a holder for dice rolls
i = 0 #counter for number of rolls
for i in range(4): #loop through a dice throw routine
    diceroll.append(randrange(1,7))

diceroll.sort() #sort lowest to highest
diceroll = diceroll[1:] #drop the lowest number
print diceroll