calculating a percent chance
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:12 am
Hi guys I'm having a little bit of trouble figuring out how to calculate a percent chance of something happening. I am wondering if someone would help me figure out how to get this little script to display something on a percent chance.
All i want this to do is display $action1 based on the percentage in $percentage, otherwise $action2. In this example i would like it to display "Battle" 100% of the time, but i need this number to be able to change to any percent between 0 and 100. Like if i change it to 35, i would like there to be a 35% chance "Battle" will pop up and a 65% chance that "Nothing" will pop up. Thanks to anyone who can help me with this. ???
All i want this to do is display $action1 based on the percentage in $percentage, otherwise $action2. In this example i would like it to display "Battle" 100% of the time, but i need this number to be able to change to any percent between 0 and 100. Like if i change it to 35, i would like there to be a 35% chance "Battle" will pop up and a 65% chance that "Nothing" will pop up. Thanks to anyone who can help me with this. ???
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<?php
$action1 = "Battle";
$action2 = "Nothing";
$percentage = 100; //this should be able to be changed between zero and one hundred percent chance of, for test purpose i want $action1 to show 100% of the time, otherwise show $action2
$loop = 1;
while ($loop <= 100){
echo "looping $loop <br>" ;
$loop++;
}
?>