Template:RandomChoice - Revision history

GreytideSkye: Little more description.

2024-11-07T02:49:55Z

Little more description.

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	(That should absolutely say "Division by zero." in angry red letters, as it has zero parameters given to it.)		(That should absolutely say "Division by zero." in angry red letters, as it has zero parameters given to it.)

	Behold, great syntactic sin~~: {{RandomChoice\|First choice!\|Second choice~~.~~\|Third choice!!}}~~		Behold, great syntactic sin.

	The math takes the "current" unix time, modulus the number of parameters given, and returns {{{ that number }}} which thusly returns that numbered parameter. One is added because parameters are one-indexed and modulus returns start at 0.		The math takes the "current" unix time, modulus the number of parameters given, and returns {{{ that number }}} which thusly returns that numbered parameter. One is added because parameters are one-indexed and modulus returns start at 0.

	Of note, the unix time is taken when "the page was last rendered into HTML.", so if you have several random choices (with the same # of parameters) on a page, they all have the same time, so they'll all line up. We'd need a different extension to get an actual psuedo-random number, but at that point we're doing flat-out coding in our wiki and there's no way in hell that's gonna fly.		Of note, the unix time is taken when "the page was last rendered into HTML.", so if you have several random choices (with the same # of parameters) on a page, they all have the same time, so they'll all line up. We'd need a different extension to get an actual psuedo-random number, but at that point we're doing flat-out coding in our wiki and there's no way in hell that's gonna fly.
			Of note of note, the time the "page was last rendered into HTML" is out of our hands. Either whenever the page is edited, or when it was uncached. Last studies showed it somewhere around 3 days for a page to get uncached long enough, but in theory, on a popular enough page, it could stay in cache forever and thus never change.

	See:		See:

GreytideSkye: Clarification that angry red letters are intended on this page.

2024-09-14T18:16:35Z

Clarification that angry red letters are intended on this page.

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	}} }} }}}<noinclude>		}} }} }}}<noinclude>
			(That should absolutely say "Division by zero." in angry red letters, as it has zero parameters given to it.)

	Behold, great syntactic sin: {{RandomChoice\|First choice!\|Second choice.\|Third choice!!}}		Behold, great syntactic sin: {{RandomChoice\|First choice!\|Second choice.\|Third choice!!}}

GreytideSkye at 17:42, 14 September 2024

2024-09-14T17:42:29Z

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	{{{ {{#expr: 1 + {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:		{{{ {{#expr: 1 + {{#time:U\|now}} mod {{#expr:
	+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}
	+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}
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	Behold, great syntactic sin: {{RandomChoice\|First choice!\|Second choice.\|Third choice!!}}		Behold, great syntactic sin: {{RandomChoice\|First choice!\|Second choice.\|Third choice!!}}

	The math takes the current unix time, modulus the number of parameters given, and returns {{{ that number }}} which thusly returns that numbered parameter. One is added because parameters are one-indexed and modulus returns start at 0.		The math takes the "current" unix time, modulus the number of parameters given, and returns {{{ that number }}} which thusly returns that numbered parameter. One is added because parameters are one-indexed and modulus returns start at 0.

	Of note, the unix time is taken when the page ~~loads~~, so if you have several random choices on a page, they all line up. We'd need a different extension to get an actual psuedo-random number, but at that point we're doing flat-out coding in our wiki and there's no way in hell that's gonna fly.		Of note, the unix time is taken when "the page was last rendered into HTML.", so if you have several random choices (with the same # of parameters) on a page, they all have the same time, so they'll all line up. We'd need a different extension to get an actual psuedo-random number, but at that point we're doing flat-out coding in our wiki and there's no way in hell that's gonna fly.

	See:		See:
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	might be different: {{RandomChoice\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e}} != {{RandomChoice\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e\|F}}		might be different: {{RandomChoice\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e}} != {{RandomChoice\|a\|b\|c\|d\|e\|F}}

			for testing: {{RandomChoice\|1\|2\|3}}/3, {{RandomChoice\|1\|2\|3\|4\|5}}/5, {{RandomChoice\|1\|2\|3\|4\|5\|6\|7}}/7.

GreytideSkye: Documentation and proof of function. The devil infests our wiki.

2024-09-14T17:28:31Z

Documentation and proof of function. The devil infests our wiki.

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-{{{ {{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:
+{{{ {{#expr: 1 + {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:
 +{{#if:{{{1|}}}|1|0}}
 +{{#if:{{{2|}}}|1|0}}
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 +{{#if:{{{10|}}}|1|0}}
 }} }} }}}

GreytideSkye at 17:15, 14 September 2024

2024-09-14T17:15:38Z

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	{{ {{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:		{{{ {{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:
	+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}
	+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}
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	+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}

	}} }} }}		}} }} }}}

GreytideSkye at 17:14, 14 September 2024

2024-09-14T17:14:47Z

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	{ {{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:		{{ {{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:
	+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}
	+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}
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	+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}

	}} }} }		}} }} }}

GreytideSkye at 17:14, 14 September 2024

2024-09-14T17:14:18Z

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	{{{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:		{ {{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:
	+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}
	+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}
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	+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}

	}} }}}		}} }} }

GreytideSkye at 17:13, 14 September 2024

2024-09-14T17:13:54Z

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	{{{{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:		{{{#expr: {{#time:U}} mod {{#expr:
	+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{1\|}}}\|1\|0}}
	+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{2\|}}}\|1\|0}}
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	+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}		+{{#if:{{{10\|}}}\|1\|0}}

	}} }}}}		}} }}}

GreytideSkye: great sin

2024-09-14T17:13:06Z

great sin

New page

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+{{#if:{{{1|}}}|1|0}}
+{{#if:{{{2|}}}|1|0}}
+{{#if:{{{3|}}}|1|0}}
+{{#if:{{{4|}}}|1|0}}
+{{#if:{{{5|}}}|1|0}}
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+{{#if:{{{7|}}}|1|0}}
+{{#if:{{{8|}}}|1|0}}
+{{#if:{{{9|}}}|1|0}}
+{{#if:{{{10|}}}|1|0}}

}} }}}}