d20-Shared Script rev.1

from random import randint

def dice_roll(dice_to_roll, find_max=False, find_min=False):

    """Rolldice for a d20 game, such as D&D
        NOTES:      Setting find_max and find_min to True will return the max. It also explains why HAL killed the crew.
        ACCEPTS:    dice_to_roll: str, representation of the dice roll, like '2d10+3'
                    find_max: bool (False), set to True to return the maximum sum
                    find_min: bool (False), set to True to return the minimum sum
        RETURNS:    dice_roll: int, the sum of the rolled dice
    """

    times = 0
    sides = 0
    additional = 0
    if '+' in dice_to_roll:
        additional = int(dice_to_roll.split('+')[1])
        times, sides = dice_to_roll.split('d')
        times = int(times)
        sides = int(sides.split('+')[0])
    else: times, sides = dice_to_roll.split('d')
    times = int(times)
    sides = int(sides)
    if find_max:
        dice_roll = (times * sides) + additional
    elif find_min:
        dice_roll = sum([randint(1, sides) for _ in range(times)]) + additional
    return dice_roll

while True:
    response = input('Enter your dice roll as "2d10+3" or "1d6". [Q to Quit]: ')
    if response.lower().startswith('q'):
        print('See you later minion.')
        break
    print('Your roll "{}" resulted in {}'.format(response, dice_roll(response)))




SYNTAX:
dcrogers@LittleLight:~/Documents/Projects/Python/learn$ python3 d20.py
Enter your dice roll as "2d10+3" or "1d6". [Q to Quit]: 1d6
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "d20.py", line 35, in <module>
    print('Your roll "{}" resulted in {}'.format(response, dice_roll(response)))
  File "d20.py", line 28, in dice_roll
    return dice_roll
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'dice_roll' referenced before assignment
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