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Here's a table of what effects certain characters have:

Character	Effect	Example use	Example results
*	Creates a newline.	A single * breaks the line. A double ** creates a new paragraph. This sentence breakshere and it also breaks here*to start a new paragraph.	This sentence breaks here and it also breaks here to start a new paragraph.
[ and ]	Brackets pick one item from between them.	This person only has one pet I have a [cat fish dog spider] as a pet.	I have a fish as a pet. I have a spider as a pet.
( and )	Parentheses make items between them inseparable.	The words "red" and "roses" are a set. as are "white" and "roses". I love [daisies (red roses) dandelions (white roses)].	I love red roses. I love dandelions. I love white roses.
{ and }	Curly brackets pick at least one item from between them and join these with an "and".	This person has one or more kinds of pets: I have {rats fish dogs spiders lizards bunnies} for pets.	I have dogs for pets I have spiders and rats for pets. I have spiders, lizards and rats for pets.
#skip	This item will cause nothing to appear in its stead.	This person always likes flowers, but sometimes just a specific colour of flowers I love [#skip red yellow blue pink] flowers!	I love red flowers! I love blue flowers! I love flowers!
#strip	This item will cause the next item to be stripped of its spaces.	This person lacks a positive trait They were #strip (un [faithful kind happy deserving]). It's also useful for generating random numbers, or combining letters. For example: Either 0, 1, 1000, 1001, 2000 or 2001 problems: I have #strip ([0 1 2] 00 [0 1]) problems. Or generating a name: Their name was #strip (j [(a [ck ne]) (i [m ll])])	They were unfaithful. They were unkind. I have 1 problems I have 2001 problems Their name was jack Their name was jill
@	The first item you list with an @ symbol carries whatever comes next to all other @ symbols. This way, you don't have to re-type bits of your generator code over and over again. Plus if you want to add/remove something you only need to do so once.	Declare the carriers: @color [red green blue yellow]* @metal [copper silver gold] Then, use the carriers in a text: The @metal closet has @color shoes, @color dresses and @color hats in it with @metal trinkets. Compare that to this: The [copper silver gold] closet has [red green blue yellow] shoes, [red green blue yellow] dresses and [red green blue yellow] hats in it with [copper silver gold] trinkets.	The gold closet has green shoes, red dresses and yellow hats in it with copper trinkets. The silver closet has red shoes, blue dresses and green hats in it with gold trinkets.
=	The first item with an = takes on a value and the others of the same name get the exact same value. Useful for names for example.	Declare variables: =agent [Jack Jill John Jenny]* =patient [Victor Vanessa Vincent Veronica]** Then use them in a text: =agent took a liking to =patient. For a while, =patient and =agent were dating, but then =patient lost interest in =agent.	Jenny took a liking to Vanessa. For a while, Vanessa and Jenny were dating, but then Vanessa lost interest in Jenny Jack took a liking to Veronica. For a while, Veronica and Jack were dating, but then Veronica lost interest in Jack
#if, #else, #endif	These establish a conditional situation. You can make branching descriptions this way. The syntax is as follows: #if <text a> <text b> <result if a and b are equal> #endif Or if with the #else construction #if <text a> <text b> <result if a and b are equal> #else <result if a and b are not equal> #endif If "text a" and "text b" are exactly the same, the "result if test true" value will be used. Otherwise, either the "result if test false" text is used. If you don't use the #else component it will simply be left blank.	Example 1: My head is graced with vibrant #if red [red green blue] long and flowing red #endif hair. Example 2: =color [red blue] The color =color is a color common among #if red =color roses and tulips #else hyacinths and sages #endif .	Example one may produce these lines: My head is graced with vibrant hair. My head is graced with vibrant long and flowing red hair. Example two may produce these lines: The color red is a color common among roses and tulips. The color blue is a color common among hyacinths and sages.
Nesting	Everything can be nested to very high degrees. There is no depth limit. You do have to make sure the parentheses close and the if-else-endifs all match up proper.	Like this: The {([#skip gold] fish) cats} were swept away.	The gold fish were swept away. The fish and cats were swept away.
Advanced curly brackets, { and }	Curly brackets pick at least one item from between them and join these with an "and". You can optionally set how many items are selected from the group. The first number indicates the minimum number of items selected. A second number will set a maximum number of items to be selected. Effectively, {1 1 fish cat dog} is the same as [fish cat dog]. Furthermore, you can add multipliers to effect the odds of items getting selected: Thus, {1 1 3 fish cat 5 dog} is the same as {1 1 fish fish fish cat dog dog dog dog dog}	This person has one or more kinds of pets: I have {rats fish dogs spiders lizards bunnies} for pets. This diamond scatters the light in at least 3 colours: The diamond scatters the light in {3 red orange yellow green teal blue magenta} beams of light. This pizza has exactly 2 toppings: On the pizza I found {2 2 tomatoes bell-peppers salami bacon ham pineapple sardines broccoli}. This person found at least 2 but at most 4 items in the scavenger hunt: Look, I found {2 4 pictures ribbons balloons tennis balls hats} during the scavenger hunt! Anything that will be reduced to a number can be used in the first two items, so this is valid too: I like {[1 2 3 4] [5 6 7 8] strawberries banana apple cherries pineapples oranges pears mangos} as a snack.	I have dogs for pets I have spiders and rats for pets. I have spiders, lizards and rats for pets. The diamond scatters the light in magenta, green and orange beams of light. The diamond scatters the light in teal, red, blue, magenta and green beams of light. On the pizza I found tomatoes and salami. On the pizza I found sardines and broccoli. Look, I found pictures, ribbons and balloons during the scavenger hunt! Look, I found ribbons, tennis balls, pictures and hats during the scavenger hunt! Look, I found hats and balloons during the scavenger hunt! I like strawberries as a snack. I like apple, cherries and oranges as a snack.

	Asterixes create newlines. A single newline will break a line once like so.*
	Two of them basically make a new paragraph.**

	It helps to format your input text the same way to keep track of them.

	Brackets allow you to swap out words each time you press generate.**

	My hat is [red green blue] and it goes well with my [purple magenta teal] coat.**

	Press generate a couple of times. You can see that the hat and coat colours keep changing.
	Adding a single value more than once makes it more likely to be used.

	Curly brackets allow you to swap out one or more words each time you press generate.**

	My hat is {red green blue} and it goes poorly with my {purple magenta teal} coat.**

	Press generate a couple of times. You can see that the hat and coat colours keep changing, and how they can now have multiple colours each.**

	Adding a single value multiple times makes it more likely to be used.
	It is not recommended because you'll also end up with that value being used multiple times in one go.

	Parentheses allow you to cluster words you don't want to split up.**

	In my garden I grow {daffodils (red tulips) sages asters (black roses) peonies irises} beside the pond.**

	From the curly brackets, multiple entries are selected. The "red tulips" are treated as a single entry, and so are the "black roses".
	Those words will never separate (they're a set).

	The skip entry, using the has in front of it, allows you to optionally leave things out.**

	I like [#skip red green blue] flowers!*
	I like [big small #skip fluffy] bunnies!**

	Go ahead and click generate a few times.

	Items starting with an @ at symbol will be replaced with the single next item that follows it.*
	You can basically put snippets of code in an @ at that will be re-used later on.**

	Here's a declaration. Declarations are not shown in the result:****
	@color [red green blue]
	@metal [gold silver bronze]

	Now to use it:*
	My @metal watch has @color hands, a @color brace and a @color face. The gears inside are made of @metal.**

	Generate a few times. You can see how the colour of the watch hands, brace and face changing, as well as the metals.*
	Note how they're not the same value.**

	You don't have to declare the carriers all the way at the start. You can do this anywhere.*
	The first occurrence will always be used for all later occurrences. The first occurrences will also never be shown in the results.**

	Here's an easily made mistake:*
	@pets dogs cats birds snakes**

	My friend has @pets around their house.**

	As you can see, only the first item after a declaration is used. In this case, the single word "dogs".

	Variables are sort of like the carriers, except they start with an equal sign and all occurrences use the same values.**

	Again, a declaration:****
	=name [John Jack Jim Linda Lady Lis]
	=pet  [dog cat bunny]

	My pet =pet 's name is =name. I really like =name because a =pet is my favourite kind of pet.**

	In the declarations you basically set a value once and all recurrences adopt this single value.

	Conditionals grant you more control over the generator.**

	=animal [elephant whale albatross]

	An =animal can

	#if elephant =animal
		walk on land
	#endif

	#if whale =animal
		swim in the oceans
	#endif

	#if albatross =animal
		fly among the clouds
	#endif

	and is the largest in it's domain.**

	As you can see, the variable is set to either elephant, whale or albatross.*
	Then, the if and end-if statements test if animal is a specific kind of animal to provide the rest of the sentence.**

	You don't have to use variables. You can use anything in if constructions:**

	I have a
	#if [red blue] red
		coloured
	#endif
	hat.**

	Of course, the above can be handled by a skip and a bracket group, but this is just to demonstrate the if construction.**

	Lastly, you can use if-else-endif constructions such as the following:**

	=pets [dogs fish]

	I have =pets for pets. I keep them
	#if dogs =pets
		in the yard
	#else
		in a fish tank
	#endif
	and I love my =pets very much.**

	If the variable pets is "dogs", it will say you keep dogs in the yard. Otherwise it'll say you keep fish in a fish tank.**

	Here is a construction that allows you to declare one variable based on another using if-endif constructions:**

	=biganimal [whale elephant albatross]
	=biganimals (
		#if whale =biganimal whales #endif
		#if elephant =biganimal elephants #endif
		#if albatross =biganimal albatrosses #endif
	)
	=domain (
		#if whale =biganimal in the ocean #endif
		#if elephant =biganimal on land #endif
		#if albatross =biganimal in the air #endif
	)**

	The singular of =biganimals is =biganimal. The greatest animal =domain are =biganimals, which is why various art pieces have depictions of at least one =biganimal.

	All items can be nested in various ways. In most previous examples, nesting was not explicitly pointed out, but it's there in some of them.**

	Nesting can go as deep as you like. For example:**

	@shades [dark #skip light]
	@colors (@shade [red orange yellow (sea green) green teal blue magenta purple white])

	I have
	{
		(an attic full of
			{
				([worthless smelly ugly] @colors junk)
				([precious priceless golden] @colors valuables)
				([hideous heavy strange] @colors antiques)
			}
		)
		(a garden full of
			{
				(@shades [red black blue] roses)
				(@shades [blue purple] sages)
				([prickly poisonous] @colors weeds)
			}
		)
		(a house full of [dogs cats mice])
	}
	and I [love hate] it!