On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:40 AM, C.D. Reimer <ch...@cdreimer.com> wrote: > PS Z:\projects\programming\python\basic_games\fastdice> python > test_fastdice.py > > TOTAL SPOTS NUMBER OF TIMES > > 2 1389911 > > 3 2777722 > > 4 4168248 > > 5 5553632 > > 6 6944907 > > 7 8334670 > > 8 6945597 > > 9 5553557 > > 10 4167485 > > 11 2775806 > > 12 1388465 > > 1.65599989891 > > > I had to put the array definition outside of the function declaration, where > it's automatically initialized to zero in the global space.
Yep, that's one valid way to force them all to zero (per C spec). And now you're seeing reasonable values. The rand() function may not be all that great, but it certainly isn't responsible for the bizarre values you were seeing :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list