Re: Sainthood via Seniority Simulation

[sauoq]

Here it is rewritten for clarity and to fix the bug pg reported. Also, it now supports level vroom and doesn't require a non-standard prerequisite.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

my $USAGE =<<END_USAGE;
$0 your_xp [ vrooms_xp ]
END_USAGE

sub XP    () { 0 }
sub VOTES () { 1 }
sub DESC  () { 2 }

my @LEVEL = ( [ 0,    0,  'an initiate' ],
              [ 20,   5,  'a novice'    ],
              [ 50,   8,  'an acolyte'  ],
              [ 100,  12, 'a scribe'    ],
              [ 200,  16, 'a monk'      ],
              [ 500,  20, 'a friar'     ],
              [ 1000, 25, 'an abbot'    ],
              [ 1600, 30, 'a bishop'    ],
              [ 2300, 35, 'a pontiff'   ],
              [ 3000, 40, 'a saint'     ],
            );

die $USAGE unless @ARGV >= 1 and @ARGV <= 2;

my $xp    = shift;
my $level = 0;

push @LEVEL, [ pop, 42, 'the one and only vroom' ] if @ARGV;


my $day = 0;
do {
    $day++;    # Anyone remember One Day at a Time?

    # What level are we today?
    while ($LEVEL[ $level + 1 ] and $xp >= $LEVEL[ $level + 1 ]->[ XP 
+]) {
        $level++;
        printf "Day %5d You are %s.\n", $day, $LEVEL[ $level ]->[ DESC
+ ];
    }

    # %25 chance of 2xp for showing up.
    int rand( 4 ) or $xp += 2;

    # %25 chance of 1xp for every vote.
    int rand( 4 ) or $xp++ for 1 .. $LEVEL[ $level ]->[ VOTES ];

    # 1/6 * votes * 1xp for pre-friars.
    $xp += int ( $LEVEL[ $level ]->[ VOTES ] / 6 ) if $level < 4;

} until ( $level == $#LEVEL );