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Offsetting returned value from table (self.perchance)
submitted 2 months ago by cwiggins999 to c/perchance
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I have a table with 13 entries, but based on a variable (values -1, 0, 1) I would want to return from items 1-11, 2-12, or 3-13 respectively. So the variable value would essentially tell the generator to ignore some entries from the head or tail of the list. Is there a way to accomplish this in Perchance?

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[–] wthit56 1 points 2 months ago

There are a couple of ways... One is using odds to prevent/allow items from being selected.

But, thinking about this a different way, you can make groups with the name -1, 0, and 1, and grab a group by name--with your variable.

Each item and group/list is a property of its parent:

parent
  child1
  child2

You can grab child1 by using the code parent.child1. But also if you have a variable prop_name with the value "child1" you can use that to grab a property of that name using the code parent[prop_name]. Even if the variable's value is a number like -1, 0, or 1, you can use it the same way.

I've demonstrated both methods here: https://perchance.org/679qmltn63#edit