Roll a six-sided die 6000 times.

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Roll a six-sided die 6000 times.


import random

frequency1 = 0
frequency2 = 0
frequency3 = 0
frequency4 = 0
frequency5 = 0
frequency6 = 0

for roll in range( 1, 6001 ):       # 6000 die rolls
   face = random.randrange( 1, 7 )

   if face == 1:                    # frequency counted
      frequency1 += 1
   elif face == 2:
      frequency2 += 1
   elif face == 3:
      frequency3 += 1
   elif face == 4:
      frequency4 += 1
   elif face == 5:
      frequency5 += 1
   elif face == 6:
      frequency6 += 1
   else:                            # simple error handling
      print "should never get here!"

print "Face %13s" % "Frequency"
print "   1 %13d" % frequency1
print "   2 %13d" % frequency2
print "   3 %13d" % frequency3
print "   4 %13d" % frequency4
print "   5 %13d" % frequency5
print "   6 %13d" % frequency6