{}
<?php
// roll 3 dice
// what is the maximum number of dice rolled the same?
$diceSetAside = 0;
$rolls = 0;
$noOfDice = 10;
$noOfRolls = pow(6, $noOfDice);
$padTemplate = '%0'. $noOfDice .'d';
for($allDice=0;$allDice<$noOfRolls;$allDice++) {
// convert e.g. 100 base 10
// to 244
// the roll 6 is represented by 0
$allDiceSix = base_convert((string)$allDice, 10, 6);
// pad with leading zeroes
$allDiceSixPad = sprintf($padTemplate, $allDiceSix);
// count the most frequent die value
$tmp = max(array_count_values(str_split($allDiceSixPad)));
// set that number of dice aside in this round
$diceSetAside += $tmp;
// count this round
$rolls++;
}
print "$diceSetAside $rolls " . $diceSetAside/$rolls;
?>