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Any chance of seeing a demonstration on this page of how to have 1 table roll another table on the same page? On another page? Ryan Stoughton 23:06, 24 November 2007 (PST)

Been meaning to do that for a while - thanks for the prod. Does the new section help? --Dave Younce 12:35, 25 November 2007 (PST)

Yep, that's a huge help.

Is there any way to do an iteration of a generator without the carriage return?

I'm trying to do something with longer phrases, like:

A man named [main] comes walking down the road and sees his friend, [main], who is having a bad day because he was punched by another fellow named [main].

Ryan Stoughton 01:47, 27 November 2007 (PST)

Do it by putting the phrases themselves in a table:

[sentence]

1,Ted 1,Thomas 1,Chuck
 * main

1,A man named [main] comes walking down a road and sees his friend, [main], who is having a bad day because he was [hurt] by another fellow named [main].
 * sentence

1,punched 1,kicked 1,hurt 1,insulted
 * hurt

Thanks! Ryan Stoughton 10:03, 27 November 2007 (PST)

A little late to the party, I know … but (depending on how you’ve written the thing) …

You can also use:

--MikeyD (talk) 13:04, 19 August 2015 (PDT)

Numbers in a Table
In a table that has:

5,Brine 5,Alcohol 1,Oil

What does the 5 and 1 represent exactly?

--Mike Pfaff


 * The numbers 1 and 5 are weights: The probability of the generator giving brine is 5/(5+5+1) = 5/11, while the probability of giving oil is 1/(5+5+1) = 1/11. The probabilities of brine appearing and alcohol appearing are equal.


 * Roughly speaking: Brine comes out 5 times as often as oil. You can test this by using a weight distribution like 50000,brine; 5,alcohol; 1,oil. Then you should get only brine (almost always). ToB (talk) 23:20, 7 February 2017 (PST)


 * Awesome! Thank you so much! --Mike Pfaff