small basic

Question

Hello, I am new to Small Basic and saw the posting for 2 lottery number generator programs.  I was wondering if SB was able to handle the input and storing of daily, already drawn numbers, then based on that stored data, generate different reports such as what numbers repeat the most-least, combination of numbers,  and similar manipulation of the input data?

Answer 1

Yup!

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Answer 2

Thanks...using the Array command?

Answer 3

Depending on how you wish to manipulate(input/output) the data, you would combine multiple objects (Array, Text, File, etc)

'sample data
winning3Digit = "1=198;2=574;3=552;4=802;5=235;6=570;7=485;8=025;9=193;"

'my counts of the sample data, to test against the algorithm
mycounts = "0=3;1=2;2=4;3=2;4=2;5=7;6=0;7=2;8=3;9=2;"



getDigitCounts()

TextWindow.WriteLine("")
TextWindow.WriteLine(mycounts)
TextWindow.WriteLine(count)

'creates an array showing the frequency each digit appears
Sub getDigitCounts
  For i = 0 To 9
    For n = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(winning3Digit)      
      'count how many times the digit appears in the current winning number(n)
      For check = 1 to 3
        If (Text.GetSubText(winning3Digit[n],check,1)= i) Then
          count[i] = count[i] + 1
        EndIf
      EndFor
    EndFor
    'check to see if the arrayitem is null, give it a value of zero if it is
    If (count[i] = "") Then
      count[i] = 0  
    EndIf    
  EndFor
EndSub

Answer 4

Thankyou