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Fellow human beings, today I present to you my dice rolling script! Behold, in my amateurish attempt at some raw C# code. Perhaps this will remain here regardless of the dozens of other dice rolling scripts out there.

Contains a ‘for’ loop, a ‘switch’, and a method that returns a value.

I have indeed read through other, similar iterations of this class, and I have found them to be lacking in what I might learn from, usually due to over-complication for my tiny brain, or because it invoked the use of libraries I have yet to hear of.

I did my best to make it easy to read for whichever intrigued person stumbles upon this. I deeply respect and appreciate any who may take the time to offer any criticism on my code. What did I do right? What did I do wrong? I don’t have anyone or anywhere else to share it with.

using System;

namespace C_
{
    class RollDice : Program
    {


        //Variables

        int numOfDice;
        int numOfSides;

        int maxDice = 100;
        int minDice = 1;
        int maxSides = 100;
        int minSides = 1;
        int totalRolled;

        //Start method for number of Dice to throw - take the player input in InputMethod() which returns an int. If returning 0, then restart. Clamp the value between min/max. Continue to next function.

        public void GetDice()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Welcome to Roll Dice!");
            Console.WriteLine("How many dice do you want to throw?");
            numOfDice = InputMethod();
            if(numOfDice == 0)
            {
                GetDice();
            }
            if (numOfDice > maxDice || numOfDice < minDice)
            {
                numOfDice = Math.Clamp(numOfDice, minDice, maxDice);
                Console.WriteLine($"Number of Dice set to {numOfDice}");
            }

            GetSides();
        }

        // Get the sides of each dice by using a similar process. Roll() for each dice, then sum the totals in RollTotal().

        public void GetSides()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("How many sides does each dice have?");
            numOfSides = InputMethod();
            if(numOfSides == 0)
            {
                GetSides();
            }
            if (numOfSides > maxSides || numOfSides < minSides)
            {
                numOfSides = Math.Clamp(numOfSides, minSides, maxSides);
                Console.WriteLine($"Number of Sides set to {numOfSides}");
            }

            for (int x = 1; x <= numOfDice; x++)
            {
                Roll();
            }

            RollTotal();
        }


        // Create a new Random() instance for the number of sides and add it to the totalRolled variable.

         public void Roll()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(".....");
            Console.WriteLine("Rolling");
            Random r = new Random();
            var result = r.Next(1, numOfSides + 1);
            Console.WriteLine($"You rolled {result}");
            totalRolled += result;
        }
        
        // Output the total and prompt to roll again or quit. Reset the total..

        public void RollTotal()
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Total sum rolled is {totalRolled}");
            Console.WriteLine(" ");
            Console.WriteLine("Enter 1 to re-roll or 2 to quit.");
            var answer = InputMethod();

            switch (answer)
            {
                case 0:
                RollTotal();
                break; 
            
                case 1:
                totalRolled = 0;
                GetDice();
                break;           
            
                case 2:
                totalRolled = 0;
                Environment.Exit(0);
                break;
            
                default:
                Environment.Exit(0);
                break;
            }
        }

        //Convert the input to an integer if valid and return the value. Else return 0.

        public int InputMethod()
        {
            var input = Console.ReadLine();
            if(!Int32.TryParse(input, out int convertedStringToInt))

            {
                Console.WriteLine("You need to enter a valid number!");
                return 0;
            }
            
            else 
            
            {
                return Convert.ToInt32(input);
            }

        }

    }
}