AnyDice Classic Retired

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The old AnyDice has served well, but now it is time for it to retire. All links to the old site are from now on forwarded to the new AnyDice.

Though no longer maintained, the old interpreter can still be accessed through the new interface. So if you want to, you can continue to use the old AnyDice syntax. You do so using the legacy command:

output legacy "4d6h3"

That will invoke the old interpreter with the input string 4d6h3.

The new way

To get the highest three dice out of 4d6 using the new syntax, you need to write this:

output {1..3} @ 4d6

Alternatively, you can use a predefined function, which is slower but more legible:

output [highest 3 of 4d6]

• Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:11:46 +0000 Jasper

  By the way, here's an example program sporting all three approaches:

  http://anydice.com/program/7e.

• Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:24:21 +0000 CHuck

  Now if we could just get a randomizer to match AnyDice's flexibility...

  • Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:36:06 +0000 Jasper

    Actually, I'm entertaining the idea to tag on a simple randomizer on the client's side, in Javascript. Once calculated, all the data is there, it's just a matter of randomly accessing it, preferably in a clever way.

    • Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:01:20 +0000 Chuck

      Cool!

    • Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:03:12 +0000 Excited Fan says:

      Can't wait to see it!

      • Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:29:24 +0000 Jasper

        I guess I should start working on it then!