Added a simple dice class and test function

Dice.hpp

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+//myClasses/Dice.hpp
+//Matthew Ellison
+// Created: 1-26-19
+//Modified: 1-26-19
+//This is a simple class to simulate a dice for games
+///This file has to be modified slightly to work with windows because the random_device does not work correctly
+/*
+	Copyright (C) 2018  Matthew Ellison
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef DICE_HPP
+#define DICE_HPP
+
+
+#include <random>
+#include <cinttypes>
+//Use this for anything besides Linux. It replaces random_device
+//I know this doesn't work correctly with mingw on Windows, not sure about msbuild or mac so I don't take the chance
+#ifndef linux
+#include <ctime>
+#endif	//ifndef linux
+
+
+
+namespace mee{
+
+class Dice{
+private:
+	uint64_t face;		//Holds the currently rolled number
+	uint64_t sides;		//Holds the number of sides the dice has
+	std::default_random_engine generator;	//The number generator that all the numbers come from
+	std::uniform_int_distribution<uint64_t> dist;	//A distribution to make sure the numbers come out relatively evenly
+public:
+	#ifdef linux
+	Dice(uint64_t sides = 6) : face(1), sides(sides), generator(std::random_device{}()), dist(1, sides)	{	}
+	#else
+	Dice(uint64_t sides = 6) : face(1), sides(sides), generator(time(0)), dist(1, sides)	{	}
+	#endif	//ifdef linux
+	//Setup ways to get information from the class
+	uint64_t getFace() const	{	return face;	}
+	uint64_t getSides() const	{	return sides;	}
+	//Used to simulate rolling the dice. Returns the new number
+	uint64_t roll()	{
+		face = dist(generator);
+		return face;
+	}
+};
+
+}	//namespace mee
+
+#endif	//DICE_HPP

testDice.cpp

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+//myClasses/testDice.cpp
+//Matthew Ellison
+// Created: 1-26-19
+//Modified: 1-26-19
+//This file is a simple program to test the Dice class
+/*
+	Copyright (C) 2018  Matthew Ellison
+
+	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+	along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include "Dice.hpp"
+
+const int LENGTH_OF_TEST = 100;		//How many times the dice will get rolled * the number of sides
+
+
+int main(){
+	//Check the default constructor
+	std::cout << "Checking the default constructor of the Dice class:\n";
+	mee::Dice die1;
+	if(die1.getSides() == 6){
+		std::cout << "Default constructor passes the test\n";
+	}
+	else{
+		std::cout << "Default constructor has an incorrect number of sides\n";
+	}
+
+	//Check the constructor with a high side number
+	std::cout << "\nChecking a constructor with a high number of sides\n";
+	mee::Dice die2(50);
+	if(die2.getSides() == 50){
+		std::cout << "Parameterized constructor passed the test\n";
+	}
+	else{
+		std::cout << "Parameterized constructor has an incorrect number of sides\n";
+	}
+
+	//Run a long test to see how the rolls balance out for the default constructor
+	std::cout << "\nStarting test for the default constructor die:\n";
+	//Setup an array to track how many times a number has been rolled
+	std::vector<unsigned int> die1Rolls;
+	die1Rolls.reserve(die1.getSides());
+	for(int cnt = 0;cnt < die1.getSides();++cnt){
+		die1Rolls.push_back(0);
+	}
+	//A loop to roll the die and record the results
+	for(int cnt = 0;cnt < (LENGTH_OF_TEST * die1.getSides());++cnt){
+		int num = die1.roll();
+		++die1Rolls[num - 1];	//num - 1 to account for dice starting at 1 and array starting at 0
+	}
+	//Print out the results
+	for(int cnt = 0;cnt < die1Rolls.size();++cnt){
+		std::cout << cnt + 1 << ". " << die1Rolls[cnt] << '\n';
+	}
+
+	//Run a long test to see how the rolls balance out for the parameterized constructor
+	std::cout << "\nStarting test for the parameterized constructor die:\n";
+	//Setup an array to track how many times a number has been rolled
+	std::vector<unsigned int> die2Rolls;
+	die2Rolls.reserve(die2.getSides());
+	for(int cnt = 0;cnt < die2.getSides();++cnt){
+		die2Rolls.push_back(0);
+	}
+	//A loop to roll the die and record the results
+	for(int cnt = 0;cnt < (LENGTH_OF_TEST * die2.getSides());++cnt){
+		int num = die2.roll();
+		++die2Rolls[num - 1];	//num - 1 to account for dice starting at 1 and array starting at 0
+	}
+	//Print out the results
+	for(int cnt = 0;cnt < die2Rolls.size();++cnt){
+		std::cout << cnt + 1 << ". " << die2Rolls[cnt] << '\n';
+	}
+
+	std::cout << "Test of die class completed!" << std::endl;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*Results:
+
+*/