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question about probabilities


 

I have noticed on some tables that all the probabilities for a sub-table are all ones.
?for example
?
;Seg
1,ad
1,ag
1,am
1,ar
1,ash
1,at
1,az
1,bad
1,bag
1,bak
1,bakh
1,bam
1,bar
1,bash
1,bat
1,baz
1,bog
1,bol
1,bor
1,both
1,bub

though, I also noticed on the table file that I pulled the above from that there was another table that had this
;ThreeSyl
1,[Seg][Seg][Seg]
1,[Pref][Seg][Seg]
1,[Seg][Seg][Suff]
1,[Pref][Seg][Suff]

where the one entry had the same table call 3 times in a row.

I haven't seen any explanation for it in the help files that i can find. Could somebody please enlighten me?


 

The [Seg][Seg][Seg] entry means "Roll three separate times on table Seg and string the results together." So you might get "bam" the first time, "ag" the second time, and "bub" the third time, resulting in "bamagbub"

It's not any different, really from [Pref][Seg][Suff] meaning "Roll on table Pref, then on table Seg, then on table Suff and string the results together."

Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@...

On 2/16/2021 6:19 PM, tim@... wrote:
I have noticed on some tables that all the probabilities for a sub-table are all ones.
?for example
*;Seg*
*1,ad*
*1,ag*
*1,am*
*1,ar*
*1,ash*
*1,at*
*1,az*
*1,bad*
*1,bag*
*1,bak*
*1,bakh*
*1,bam*
*1,bar*
*1,bash*
*1,bat*
*1,baz*
*1,bog*
*1,bol*
*1,bor*
*1,both*
*1,bub*
though, I also noticed on the table file that I pulled the above from that there was another table that had this
*;ThreeSyl*
*1,[Seg][Seg][Seg]*
*1,[Pref][Seg][Seg]*
*1,[Seg][Seg][Suff]*
*1,[Pref][Seg][Suff]*
where the one entry had the same table call 3 times in a row.
I haven't seen any explanation for it in the help files that i can find. Could somebody please enlighten me?
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That much I understood. I was every entry having a 1 for the probability that is confusing me.

I had thought that the numbers had to be sequential.

I was looking at one table file earlier and found something like this

:tableName
4,entry one
1,entry two

And that confuded me too.
Apparently I am misunderstanding something.


 

Oh, OK.

Tables ("groups" in TableSmith jargon) come in two types with regard to those numbers. If the group starts with a colon : the numbers are sequential, like a die roll.

:tablename
1,thing
2,other thing
3-5,third thing
6,final thing

If the group starts with a semicolon ; the numbers are relative probabilities

;tablename
1,thing
1,other thing
3,third thing
1,final thing

Erol K. Bayburt
ErolB1@...

On 2/16/2021 8:54 PM, tim@... wrote:
That much I understood. I was every entry having a 1 for the probability that is confusing me.
I had thought that the numbers had to be sequential.
I was looking at one table file earlier and found something like this
*:tableName*
*4,entry one*
*1,entry two*
And that confuded me too.
Apparently I am misunderstanding something.
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so, for

;tablename
1,thing
1,other thing
3,third thing
1,final thing

The "third thing" would be selected half the time, since it is worth 3 out of 6 total?


 

Yes.



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On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:18 PM, <tim@...> wrote:

so, for

;tablename
1,thing
1,other thing
3,third thing
1,final thing

The "third thing" would be selected half the time, since it is worth 3 out of 6 total?


 

Cool! Thanks for clarifying for me....