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openTest() Function

Rolls a number of dice of requested side with exploding rolls and returns a formatted string containing the result of each roll and the highest value produced.

Usage

openTest(times, sides)

Parameters

  • times - The number of times to roll the dice.
  • sides - The number of sides the dice possess.

Examples

Roll five ten-sided dice.
[t: openTest(5, 10)]

Returns a string that is similar to Dice: 5, 4, 19, 6, 3, Maximum: 19

Roll five ten-sided dice, using variables.

[h: DiceTimes = 5]
[h: DiceSides = 10]
[t: openTest(DiceTimes, DiceSides)]
Returns a string that is similar to Dice: 5, 4, 19, 6, 3, Maximum: 19

See Also

For another method of rolling dice, see Dice Expressions.
For a similar function that returns the number of successes instead of the highest roll, see explodingSuccess.