From c2cfa09be9c9e17555a4a7cabaee1eedd326cc27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: njmason2 <nobody@makingwithcode.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:27:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] dice_stats.py

---
 dice_stats.py | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dice_stats.py b/dice_stats.py
index 83a99cb..cbc2d53 100644
--- a/dice_stats.py
+++ b/dice_stats.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from die import Die
 from tqdm import tqdm
+from collections import Counter
 
 class FiveDice:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.dice = [Die() for number in range(5)]
+        self.dice = [Die() for number in range(5)] # 5 die are cast at the same time, figuratively
 
     def roll(self):
         for die in self.dice:
@@ -13,21 +14,47 @@ class FiveDice:
     def faces(self):
         return [die.face for die in self.dice]
 
-    def all_ones(self):
-        for face in self.faces():
-            if face != 1:
-                return False
-        return True
-
+    def is_three_of_a_kind(self):
+        counts = Counter([die.face for die in self.dice]) # Counter class counts 
+        # each list item occurrance
+        my_dict=dict(counts) # converts Counter class to a dict
+        values = list(my_dict.values()) # unpacks dict values into a list
+        for a in values: # loops in the list of dict values
+            if a == 3: # exactly three die cast are the same number
+    
+                return True # exactly three die cast are the same number
+            
+            return False # other than three die cast are the same number
+        
+    def is_four_of_a_kind(self):
+            counts = Counter([die.face for die in self.dice]) # Counter class counts 
+            # each list item occurrance
+            my_dict=dict(counts) # converts Counter class to a dict
+            values = list(my_dict.values()) # unpacks dict values into a list
+            for a in values: # loops in the list of dict values
+                if a == 4: # exactly four die cast are the same number
+                    
+                    return True # exactly four die cast are the same number
+                
+                return False # other than four die cast are the same number
+    
 dice = FiveDice()
-successes = 0
+successes_three = 0
+successes_four = 0
 trials = 1000000
 for trial in tqdm(range(trials)):
     dice.roll()
-    if dice.all_ones():
-        successes += 1
-
-print(successes/trials)
-    
-
+    if dice.is_three_of_a_kind(): # if True
+        successes_three += 1 # increment by 1
+    if dice.is_four_of_a_kind(): # if True
+        successes_four += 1 # increment by 1
 
+print("exactly three of a kind: ") 
+print(successes_three/trials) # decimal
+s3=successes_three/trials*100 # percent
+print(str(s3) + " %")
+print()
+print("exactly four of a kind: ") 
+print(successes_four/trials) # decimal
+s4=successes_four/trials*100 # percent
+print(str(s4) + " %")