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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:15:11 -0800 (PST) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC N.N. Thayer:

> On Mar 1, 6:09 pm, "N.N. Thayer" <nnthay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > - There's one major gameplay flaw that was inherited from his original
> > code: when you're dealt an ace, you're not given the option to
> > designate it as 11 if doing so would not put you over 21.  The program
> > automatically designates it as 1.
> 
> I figure there must be something I'm not understanding about the game
> logic.  Any help would be appreciated :)

I can't help with that (not without examining the code more than I
have done, at least), but I think the RND is skewed incorrectly.

Surely the RND command should be RND(13), then
IF J>10 THEN LET J=10

Then you can just check for J=1 for an ace (with your subroutine), and
the probability of getting a 10 is increased to what it should be for
a pack of cards.

Chris


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Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 11:15 -0800
  Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed rwap <rich@rwapservices.co.uk> - 2011-03-03 12:25 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 12:45 -0800
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed greenaum@yahoo.co.uk (greenaum) - 2011-03-11 06:33 +0000
  Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2011-03-03 20:58 +0100
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 13:34 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-03 13:36 -0800
    Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-04 04:17 -0800
      Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer1@gmail.com> - 2011-03-04 05:17 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-04 06:02 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2011-03-04 17:44 +0100
          Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed gus <gdeldago@gmail.com> - 2011-03-09 08:05 -0800
        Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de> - 2011-03-07 19:59 +0100
          Re: Blackjack for the ZX80 (mostly) completed Leiradella <leiradella@bigfoot.com> - 2011-03-08 07:31 -0800

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