Please help me add all the results

[mr_kungfu]

Hey all, Im trying to code dice rolls that all get added together

Two pieces of code here, first bit generates all the numbers and prints then out, the second set of code is me try to get it added all together

please help

#working code

import random def D4(x): for d4 in range(x): d4 = (random.randint)(1,4) print(d4) #eg D4(10)

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#my best attempt

import random def D4(x): rolls = 0 for d4 in range(x): d4 = (random.randint)(1,4) rolls = rolls + d4 return rolls def dicetotals(x): print(D4(x)) dicetotals(2)

Larz60+ write Dec-10-2020, 11:33 PM:
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[michael1789]

import random def D4(x): rolls = 0 for d4 in range(x): d4 = (random.randint)(1,5) rolls += d4 return rolls dicetotals = D4(4) print(dicetotals)

[deanhystad]

You had an indentation problem. And stop wrapping things in parenthesis that don't need parenthesis.

import random def D4(count): total = 0 for _ in range(count): total += random.randint(1,4) return total print(D4(2))

You could make a generic die roller that works for any sided dice. This one returns the total and the individual die. If you call it without any arguments it rolls a single six sided die.

import random def roll(sides=6, count=1): die = random.choices(range(1, sides+1), k=count) return sum(die), die print(*roll(4, 2))