Sharp EL-5250, EL-5230 operation manual Digital dice

Chapter 8: Application Examples

Digital dice

This program simulates rolling of multiple dice. You can play a dice game without dice or where there is not enough space to roll dice.

At the first stage, ask the number of dice to use for play. Secondly, roll dice and display the result and wait until any key is pressed.

1.Press b 210to open a window for creating a NEW program.

2.Type DICE for the title then press e.

•A NEW program called ‘DICE’ will be created.

3.Enter the program as follows.

Program code	Key operations
Print”NO OF DICE	i 1 @ a NO s OF
	s DICE ; e
Input N	i 2 ; N e
Label PLAY	i 6 @ a PLAY ; e
M=1	; M ; = 1 e
X=0	; X ; = 0 e
Label ROLL	i 6 @ a ROLL ; e
X=X+r.dice	; X ; = ; X + @
	w 1 e
M=M+1	; M ; = ; M + 1 e
If M<=N Goto ROLL	i 8 ; M i E ; N
	; s i 9 @ a
	ROLL ; e
Print X	i 0 ; X e
Wait	i 3 e
Goto PLAY	i 9 @ a PLAY ; e

Running the program

4.Press j to return to the PROG mode menu.

5.Press 0, select the program ‘DICE’ and press e.

6.Enter the number of dice to play and press e.

7.Press e (or any other key) to continue to play. Press j to quit.

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