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From: Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@mail.com>
Subject: Random number generation
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:43:40 +0100
Date: 2010-12-30T11:43:40+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <864o9vbkwz.fsf@gareth.avalon.lan> (raw)

Beginner's question: I'm trying to implement a function that rolls a
number of dice and then adds a modifier. Somehow, it produces the same
number every time. I can't see where I'm going wrong.

Here's the proof of concept code:

with Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random,Ada.Integer_Text_IO;
use Ada.Integer_Text_IO;

procedure Rolltest is
   function Roll ( Number : in Positive;
		   Size : in Positive;
		   Modifier : in Integer := 0 ) return Integer is 
      subtype Die_Size is Positive range 2..Size;
      package Die is new Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random( Die_Size );
      G : Die.Generator;
      Result : Integer;
      Temp : Integer;
   begin
      Die.Reset(G);
      Result := 0;
      for I in 1..Number loop
	 Temp := Die.Random(G);
	 Result := Result + Temp;
      end loop;
      Result := Result + Modifier;
      return Result;
   end Roll;
begin
   for I in 1..10 loop
      Put(Roll( Number => 3, Size => 6 ));
   end loop;
end Rolltest;

Anyone care to at least point me to some documentation that explains
what I'm doing wrong? 

Mart

-- 
"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
    --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.



             reply	other threads:[~2010-12-30 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-30 10:43 Mart van de Wege [this message]
2010-12-30 10:54 ` Random number generation Thomas Løcke
2010-12-30 12:11   ` Mart van de Wege
2010-12-30 11:34 ` Niklas Holsti
2010-12-30 11:53   ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-12-30 12:25     ` Mart van de Wege
2010-12-30 15:29       ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-12-30 15:37         ` Mart van de Wege
2010-12-30 11:51 ` Brian Drummond
2010-12-30 12:16   ` Mart van de Wege
2010-12-30 13:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-30 13:22   ` Niklas Holsti
2010-12-30 13:39     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-30 13:30   ` Mart van de Wege
2010-12-31  3:14 ` Gene
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-07-13 12:45 tonyg
2010-07-13 12:50 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-07-13 12:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-07-13 13:17 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-07-13 16:07 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2010-07-13 20:33   ` John B. Matthews
2010-07-13 23:02     ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2010-07-14  4:42       ` John B. Matthews
2010-07-15 19:01         ` tonyg
2003-09-26  7:14 random " christoph.grein
2003-09-26  7:00 Andrew
2003-09-26  7:35 ` tmoran
2003-09-26 17:58   ` Andrew
2003-09-26 19:25   ` Andrew
2003-09-26 19:35     ` chris
2003-09-26 21:44     ` tmoran
2003-09-27  1:40     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-09-27  4:48       ` Andrew
1997-12-19  0:00 Mok-kong Shen
1998-01-02  0:00 ` Mok-kong Shen
1998-01-02  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-13  0:00 Random Number Generation parker
1996-10-13  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-14  0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-10-10  0:00  Dr J Parker
1996-10-10  0:00  Dr J Parker
1996-10-12  0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-10-12  0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1996-10-02  0:00  Dr J Parker
1996-10-03  0:00 ` Mats Weber
1996-10-07  0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1996-09-23  0:00 Nigel J. Tracey
1996-09-23  0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-10-02  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-10-02  0:00   ` Nigel J. Tracey
1996-10-03  0:00   ` Nigel J. Tracey
1996-09-25  0:00 ` James_Rogers
1996-09-26  0:00   ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-10-01  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-09-30  0:00 `  Dr J Parker
1996-10-01  0:00   ` Tucker Taft
1996-10-01  0:00     ` Keith Thompson
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