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This module deals with the rolling of any and all dice

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Functions

Roll dice defined by the input string

Rolls the a number of multisided dice

Rolls a die with the number of sides given in the input

Validates that a given string conforms to the expexted dice specifying format

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Roll dice defined by the input string

Returns: List of die roll results

examples

Examples

# Although not necessary, let's seed the random algorithm
iex> :rand.seed(:exsplus, 1337)
iex> ExTTRPGDev.Dice.roll("3d4")
[4, 4, 1]
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roll(number_of_dice, dice_sides)

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Rolls the a number of multisided dice

Returns: List of die roll results

examples

Examples

# Although not necessary, let's seed the random algorithm
iex> :rand.seed(:exsplus, 1337)
iex> ExTTRPGDev.Dice.roll(3, 8)
[4, 8, 5]

Rolls a die with the number of sides given in the input

Returns: the rolled number

examples

Examples

# Although not necessary, let's seed the random algorithm
iex> :rand.seed(:exsplus, 1337)
iex> ExTTRPGDev.Dice.roll_d(6)
6
iex> ExTTRPGDev.Dice.roll_d(6)
2

Validates that a given string conforms to the expexted dice specifying format

Returns: the input string

examples

Examples

iex> ExTTRPGDev.Dice.validate_dice_str("3d4")
"3d4"

iex> ExTTRPGDev.Dice.validate_dice_str("3")
** (RuntimeError) Improper dice format. Dice must be given in xdy where x and y are both integers