[theDIVISION]

Good afternoon HackForums!

I am a little late since someone already won the powerball, but I made a cute little program that assists you in picking out the best numbers.

I also know that the numbers are not completely random but pseudo-random and with that being said, this program could be inaccurate.

What it does?
*Asks for how many draws you want it to consider
*Checks if input is integer
*Takes those draws and stores them into an array
*Prints all the numbers and how often they came up

What it does NOT do?(at least for the moment)
*Create RANDOM numbers
*Use any algorithm to determine those numbers
*Sort them

Raw code is over here:
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PHP Code


<?php 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static bool results(string nomnom) {
            int i;
            if (int.TryParse(nomnom, out i))
            {
                return true;
            }
            else {
                Console.WriteLine("Please input an integer!\n");
                return false;
            }
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string answer;

            do{
                Console.Write("Please enter the nubmer of draws: ");
                answer = Console.ReadLine();
            
            }   while(!results(answer));

            int[] whiteNumbers = new int[59];
            int[] powerballNumber = new int[39];

            int loopTimes = int.Parse(answer);

            Random rand = new Random();

            for (int i = 0; i < loopTimes; i++){
            int firstNum = rand.Next(1,60);
            int secondNumber = rand.Next(1, 60);
            int thirdNumber = rand.Next(1, 60);
            int fourthNumber = rand.Next(1, 60);
            int fifthNumber = rand.Next(1, 60);
            int powerBallNumber = rand.Next(1, 40);

            whiteNumbers[firstNum-1] += 1;
            whiteNumbers[secondNumber-1] += 1;
            whiteNumbers[thirdNumber-1] += 1;
            whiteNumbers[fourthNumber-1] += 1;
            whiteNumbers[fifthNumber-1] += 1;
            powerballNumber[powerBallNumber - 1] += 1;
            }


            int countWhite = 1;
            foreach (var number in whiteNumbers) {
                Console.WriteLine("The # " + countWhite + " appeared " 
                                  + number + " times.");
                countWhite++;
            }
            int countPowerball = 1;
            foreach (var n in powerballNumber) {
                Console.WriteLine("The powerball # " + countPowerball + " appeared "
                                  + n + " times.");
                countPowerball++;
            }
            Thread.Sleep(100000);

        }
    }
} 


The application is over here:
https://www.mediafire.com/?m93w03cfw5421lu

The virus scan is over here:
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Not anything major, just programmed it for fun and maybe assist some of you next time you guys are picking your numbers haha 🤝

Constructive criticism always accepted!

[Biometric]

I don't think it works properly.

[theDIVISION]

I don't think it works properly.

Of course, without an algorithm you can not even get close to what is picked out and what is put out. The numbers are also not completely random but only pseudo-random.

Like I said, it will always throw out different numbers every time per each million tries that the user inputs.

I will develop an algorithm for it to store that information and for each time that program is run to add more information.

This is just a teaser, lol.