Central Limit Dice Roller

A command-line dice roller written in Rust that demonstrates the Central Limit Theorem by rolling multiple dice multiple times and printing the distribution of the sum of the dice.

Features

Roll multiple dice with a given number of faces
Generate the distribution of the sum of the dice
Visualize the distribution using a histogram

Installation

Prerequisites

Rust 2021 or later

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/albinkc/central-limit-dice-roller.git
cd central_limit

Build and Install

cargo build --release
cargo install --path .

This will install the central_limit binary in your ~/.cargo/bin folder. Make sure this folder is in your PATH.

Usage

central_limit <rolls> <number_of_dice> [die_faces]
	<rolls>: The number of rolls (required)
	<number_of_dice>: The number of dice to roll (required)
	[die_faces]: The number of faces on each die (optional, default: 6)

Example:

central_limit 700 3 6

This will roll three 6-sided dice 700 times and print the distribution of the sum of the dice.

 3: *
 4: **************
 5: *******************
 6: *******************************
 7: ******************************************************
 8: ******************************************************************
 9: *************************************************************************************
10: ***********************************************************************************************
11: ***********************************************************************************
12: **********************************************************************************
13: ****************************************************************
14: ***************************************
15: ********************************
16: *************************
17: *******
18: ***

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT