NEW FEATURES
- Multiple tables in one
- Nested sub-tables
- Variable spacing
- Sample outputs for instant feedback
- Bugs
- Terrible syntax
A few pointers:
Firstly - The first line in each table is the "title" of that table, not one of the entries. This is a departure from version 1, but should be relatively intuitive.
Secondly - To start a second table, leave a blank line then continue. It may be easy to think of each table in the generator as a different "paragraph", and format the same way. If you do not want for a table to have a title for any reason, you can use two blank lines.
Thirdly - Each time the Codify button is pressed, the code will gain a new random tag, and produce a different sample output. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, this sample does not correctly parse the nested sub-tables. You'll have to download and open the generator in a browser to see those in action.
Fourthly - You can produce different types of generator by adjusting the number of "breaks between outputs". For example:
Zero breaks (for/from Sheep and Sorcery)
Two breaks (from here)
Without further ado, the Automatic List Generator Mark Two! As always, no refunds. Let me know if you've used it for anything! I'm lowering the XP bounty to 20 for this one, since there are likely to be dozens of bugs.
Breaks between outputs (between 0 and 5):
- - - Sample output - - -
- - - Code Blob - - -
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ReplyDeleteI'm excited about the work you're doing here. Looking forward to playing with this.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Do let me know of anything you make with it :)
DeleteAre there any "best practices" for doing a sub table within a sub table? when it generates the sub-sub table option i will sometimes get blank results. here is the text i used to test it
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{4A|4B|4C|4D|4E|4F|4G|{4aa|4bb|4cc|4dd|4ee|4ff}{6}}{8}
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Oh god. Um. That looks like it should work? Did some testing, does work. Phew! Basically any time there is a }{x} string it replaces it with the random generation call. Which seems to be working well! There's some redundancy, but I think that just adds an empty string at the end to close it out (allows for sub-tables inside other sentences)
Deletehaha ok thank you! i just am not a computer logic person, so i wanted to check with the authority. i love and appreciate your hard work!
DeleteNaww thanks, that means a lot to me!
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