Question

Here is a script created a few years back. It has a few issues. See if you can make it work.

#!/bin/bash

# created by Your Name

# date

quit=no

while [ $quit = no ]

do

cat <<++

        1) Roll Again?

        2) Quit

++

# code to roll dice

read selection

case $selection in

        1)

          echo “Enter a number between 1 and 10”

          read repeats

          let seed=0

          let r=0

          while [ $r -le $repeats ]

          do

                        let seed=7621*$seed+1

                        let n=5*$seed/10000000+1

                        let r=$r+1

          done

          echo $n

        ;;

        2)

          quit=yes

        ;;

esac

done

Answer 1

Answer: I ran the same code without any issues, please leave a comment if it doesn't work for you. I have put some echo statements to print the values. Hope this helps, good luck!

Output:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# created by Your Name
# date

quit=no
while [ $quit = no ]
do
cat <<++

1) Roll Again?
2) Quit
++

# code to roll dice

read selection
case $selection in

1)

echo 'Enter a number between 1 and 10'
read repeats
let seed=0
let r=0

while [ $r -le $repeats ]
do

#!/bin/bash

# created by Your Name
# date

quit=no
while [ $quit = no ]
do
cat <<++

1) Roll Again?
2) Quit
++

# code to roll dice

read selection
case $selection in

1)

echo 'Enter a number between 1 and 10'
read repeats
let seed=0
let r=0

while [ $r -le $repeats ]
do

let seed=7621*$seed+1
echo "The seed : $seed"
let n=5*$seed/10000000+1
echo "The value of n : $n"
let r=$r+1
echo "The value of r : $r"

done
echo $n
;;

2)
quit=yes
;;
esac
done

let seed=7621*$seed+1
echo "The seed : $seed"
let n=5*$seed/10000000+1
echo "The value of n : $n"
let r=$r+1
echo "The value of r : $r"

done
echo $n
;;

2)
quit=yes
;;
esac
done