Re: programing help
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Re: programing help
In article <338CA429.B63265F6@www.cedarnet.org>, Nadler
<sn11162@WWW.CEDARNET.ORG> wrote:
>I am making yatzee in ti-basic for the ti-83 and I am stumped. I don't
>know a way for the calc to know if a 3 of a kind is really a 3 of a
>kind. The only way I can think of is to type in all the possibilities
>that 3 digits would be the same, but this would take a long time and a
>lot of space. Does anyone know a better way to do this?
Ugh... ti-basic...Just see if they're equal...
What I'd do is to sort the numbers in ascending or descending order, so you
know that if there's a three of a kind, the numbers are next to each other.
Then check...
if( item1=item2 and item2=item3 )
or (item2 = item3 and item3 = item4)
or (item3 = item4 and item4 = item5)
Four of a kind is a little easier, only two checks, but three = per (1=2=3=4
or 2=3=4=5).
Got it?
J. Masters
trent@circle.net
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