Added 33. Dice (csharp)

.gitignore

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+################################################################################
+# This .gitignore file was automatically created by Microsoft(R) Visual Studio.
+################################################################################
+
+/01 Acey Ducey/csharp/obj
+/47 Hi-Lo/csharp/obj
+/.vs
+/33 Dice/csharp/obj
+/01 Acey Ducey/csharp/.vs/AceyDucey
+/01 Acey Ducey/csharp/bin/Debug/netcoreapp3.1
+/33 Dice/csharp/bin/Debug/net5.0
+/basic-computer-games-dot-net/.vs/basic-computer-games-dot-net/v16

33 Dice/csharp/Dice.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Remove="TextUtil.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

33 Dice/csharp/Game.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace BasicComputerGames.Dice
+{
+	public class Game
+	{
+		private readonly RollGenerator _roller = new RollGenerator();
+
+		public void GameLoop()
+		{
+			DisplayIntroText();
+
+			// RollGenerator.ReseedRNG(1234);		// hard-code seed for repeatabilty during testing
+
+			do
+			{
+				int numRolls = GetInput();
+				var counter = CountRolls(numRolls);
+				DisplayCounts(counter);
+			} while (TryAgain());
+		}
+
+		private void DisplayIntroText()
+		{
+			Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
+			Console.WriteLine("Dice");
+			Console.WriteLine("Creating Computing, Morristown, New Jersey."); Console.WriteLine();
+
+			Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen;
+			Console.WriteLine("Original code by Danny Freidus.");
+			Console.WriteLine("Originally published in 1978 in the book 'Basic Computer Games' by David Ahl.");
+			Console.WriteLine("Modernized and converted to C# in 2021 by James Curran (noveltheory.com).");
+			Console.WriteLine();
+
+			Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray;
+			Console.WriteLine("This program simulates the rolling of a pair of dice.");
+			Console.WriteLine("You enter the number of times you want the computer to");
+			Console.WriteLine("'roll' the dice. Watch out, very large numbers take");
+			Console.WriteLine("a long time. In particular, numbers over 10 million.");
+			Console.WriteLine();
+
+			Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
+			Console.WriteLine("Press any key start the game.");
+			Console.ReadKey(true);
+		}
+
+		private int GetInput()
+		{
+			int num = -1;
+			Console.WriteLine();
+			do
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine();
+				Console.Write("How many rolls? ");
+			} while (!Int32.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out num));
+
+			return num;
+		}
+
+		private  void DisplayCounts(int[] counter)
+		{
+			Console.WriteLine();
+			Console.WriteLine($"\tTotal\tTotal Number");
+			Console.WriteLine($"\tSpots\tof Times");
+			Console.WriteLine($"\t===\t=========");
+			for (var n = 1; n < counter.Length; ++n)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine($"\t{n + 1,2}\t{counter[n],9:#,0}");
+			}
+			Console.WriteLine();
+		}
+
+		private  int[] CountRolls(int x)
+		{
+			var counter = _roller.Rolls().Take(x).Aggregate(new int[12], (cntr, r) =>
+			{
+				cntr[r.die1 + r.die2 - 1]++;
+				return cntr;
+			});
+			return counter;
+		}
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Prompt the player to try again, and wait for them to press Y or N.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>Returns true if the player wants to try again, false if they have finished playing.</returns>
+		private bool TryAgain()
+		{
+			Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
+			Console.WriteLine("Would you like to try again? (Press 'Y' for yes or 'N' for no)");
+
+			Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
+			Console.Write("> ");
+
+			char pressedKey;
+			// Keep looping until we get a recognised input
+			do
+			{
+				// Read a key, don't display it on screen
+				ConsoleKeyInfo key = Console.ReadKey(true);
+				// Convert to upper-case so we don't need to care about capitalisation
+				pressedKey = Char.ToUpper(key.KeyChar);
+				// Is this a key we recognise? If not, keep looping
+			} while (pressedKey != 'Y' && pressedKey != 'N');
+			// Display the result on the screen
+			Console.WriteLine(pressedKey);
+
+			// Return true if the player pressed 'Y', false for anything else.
+			return (pressedKey == 'Y');
+		}
+	}
+}

33 Dice/csharp/Program.cs

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+namespace BasicComputerGames.Dice
+{
+	public class Program
+	{
+		public static void Main(string[] args)
+		{
+			// Create an instance of our main Game class
+			Game game = new Game();
+
+			// Call its GameLoop function. This will play the game endlessly in a loop until the player chooses to quit.
+			game.GameLoop();
+		}
+	}
+}

33 Dice/csharp/README.md

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 Original source downloaded [from Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html)
 
-Conversion to [Microsoft C#](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/)
+Conversion to [Microsoft C#](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/) by James Curran (http://www.noveltheory.com)
+

33 Dice/csharp/RollGenerator.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace BasicComputerGames.Dice
+{
+	public class RollGenerator
+	{
+		static Random _rnd = new Random();
+
+		public static void ReseedRNG(int seed) => _rnd = new Random(seed);
+
+		public IEnumerable<(int die1, int die2)> Rolls()
+		{
+			while (true)
+			{
+				yield return (_rnd.Next(1, 7), _rnd.Next(1, 7));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

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