facerows=. 0 0 0 , 0 1 0 ,: 1 0 1 NB. 3 row types on faces
facechars=. ' o' NB. chars used to draw faces
faces=: 0 1 0,1 0 1,1 1 1,2 0 2,2 1 2,:2 2 2 NB. faces in terms of rows
dice=: <"2 facechars {~ facerows {~ faces NB. draw faces of a dice
throw=: ] {~ [: ? [ $ [: # ] NB. verb to throw dice
toss=: 2 10 throw dice NB. 2 dice thrown 10 times
c=: ([: +/ [: , 'o' = ,)&>/ toss NB. totals of each throw
fd=: [: /:~ ({. , #)/.~ NB. calc frequency distribution
assert 0 0 0 3 = 4!:0 ;:'dice toss c fd' NB. check word types follow rules
2011/11/26 Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net>:
> PLEASE DO NOT REPLY BEFORE December I, 2011 at 12:00 am EST !
>
> The turkey roll challenge, named in honor of the Thanksgiving Day
> holiday, focuses on the verb roll or ? with one argument.
>
> Create two nouns and a verb that will generate the following results.
>
> dice
>
> ----T---T---T---T---T---┐
> │ │o │o │o o│o o│o o│
> │ o │ │ o │ │ o │o o│
> │ │ o│ o│o o│o o│o o│
> L---+---+---+---+---+----
>
> toss
>
> ----T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---┐
> │o │ │o o│ │o o│ │o o│ │o │ │o o│ │o │ │o o│ │o │ │o o│
> │ │ │ │ │ o │ │o o│ │ o │ │ │ │ o │ │ o │ │ o │ │o o│
> │ o│ │o o│ │o o│ │o o│ │ o│ │o o│ │ o│ │o o│ │ o│ │o o│
> +---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+
> │ │ │o o│ │o │ │o o│ │o o│ │o o│ │o o│ │o │ │ │ │o o│
> │ o │ │ │ │ │ │o o│ │o o│ │ │ │o o│ │ │ │ o │ │o o│
> │ │ │o o│ │ o│ │o o│ │o o│ │o o│ │o o│ │ o│ │ │ │o o│
> L---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+----
>
> c=:3 8 7 12 9 8 9 7 4 12 NB. The list c is the sums of the
> NB. second toss of ten dice
> fd c
>
> 3 1 NB. A frequency distribution of the ten tosses
> 4 1
> 7 2
> 8 2
> 9 2
> 12 2
>
>
> 4!:0 'dice';'toss';'c';'fd'
> 0 0 0 3 NB. 0 for nouns, 3 for verbs
>
> Some rules and hints:
> Write all verbs and nouns without @ . You can use several nouns and
> verbs to make a final noun or verb. Here are some things about roll.
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