A utility for getting and manipulating probability distributions of dice rolls.
The only dependency required is Python 3.
We can create a simple program to make use of dicestats:
example.py
import dicestats
# setup our diceroll
diceroll = dicestats.Diceroll()
# roll 2d6
diceroll.add(dicestats.Diceroller.rolldice(2, 6))
# print out the chances of each roll
diceroll.print_probabilities()Running this program with python ./example.py should give us the output:
example.py output
2: 2.7778%
3: 5.5556%
4: 8.3333%
5: 11.1111%
6: 13.8889%
7: 16.6667%
8: 13.8889%
9: 11.1111%
10: 8.3333%
11: 5.5556%
12: 2.7778%
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See the examples for more details on usage.
For anyone familiar with anydice.com, they'll notice that this fulfills a similar function. However, there are some key differences:
- dicestats is a commandline utility that doesn't require an internet connection
- anydice has an upper limit on computation-time for very large queries (which makes sense, considering it's a web service). Dicestats has no restriction
- functions are written in python rather than in anydice's own language. While this can be more cumbersome for simple queries, it should be a more natural environment for complex functions for people familiar with python
- in addition to the anydice-style diceroller, dicestats provides a raw diceroller that keeps each possible individual diceroll preserved