Re: Dice Frequency Simulation
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:20:36 -0000, hwdoer01@gmail.com wrote:
how com i dont get unifrom distrobution wit this
import java.util.Random;
public class DiceRollerSimulation
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Random dieOne = new Random();
Random dieTwo = new Random();
Not a good idea, sometimes you will get two random number generators
initialised to the same seed value and you will always get the same
number on the two dice.
Better is:
Random rand = new Random();
rollMap([rand.nextInt(6) + rand.nextInt(6)]++;
In general you only need one instance of Random per program.
int[] rollMap = new int[11];
for(int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
{
rollMap[dieOne.nextInt(6) + dieTwo.nextInt(6)]++;
}
for(int out = 2; out < 13; out++)
{
System.out.println(out + " " + rollMap[out - 2] + " " +
Math.round((((double)rollMap[out - 2]/500)) * 100.0));
}
}
}
As others have pointed out, you should not expect to get a uniform
distribution from rolling two dice and adding the pip values. You can
only make 2 in one way: 1 + 1. There are six ways to make 7: 1 + 6, 2
+ 5, 3 + 4, 4 + 3, 5 + 2 and 1 + 6. You should get roughly six times
as many sevens as you get twos.
rossum
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