Random Words Generation
Otter provides functionality to diversify questions by generating random names, colors, or units. Please apply the following functions where possible to make the questions appear less alike.
| Description | Function | Possible Output |
| Generates a random worded number from 10 to 19 | ###10-19### | twelve |
| Generates a random animal | ###animal### | tiger |
| Generates a random big distance | ###bigdistance### | km |
| Generates a random flying bird | ###bird### | crane |
| Generates a random capital letter | ###capletter### | A, F, W |
| Generates a random city | ###city### | London |
| Generates a random color | ###color### | yellow |
| Generates a random worded number from 1 to 9 | ###digit### | eight |
| Generates a random day | ###day### | Sunday |
| Generates a random flower | ###flower### | rose |
| Generates a random food item | ###fooditem### | scone |
| Generates a random last name | ###lastname### | Hughes |
| Generates a random (small) letter* | ###letter### |
a, g, p
*except o and l because of their similarity with numbers 1 and 0 |
| Generates a random name | ###name### | John |
| Generates a random girl's name | ###namegirl### | Susan |
| Generates a random boy's name | ###nameboy### | Harry |
| Generates a random school subject | ###schoolsubject### | Literature |
| Generates a random sport | ###sport### | Cricket |
| Generates a random worded number from twenty to ninety | ###tens### | fifty |
| Generates a random tree | ###tree### | hazel |
| Generates a random writing tool | ###writedown### | laptop |
PLEASE NOTE THAT if you want to generate two identical words, say, days of week, use numbers. ###day1###, ###day2###, ###day1### will result in (one of the possible variations) 'Monday, Tuesday, Monday', where the first and the third day will be the same, and the second day will be randomized separately.
If there is a category of word that you feel you use often and could be useful to have a code for, please signal the admins. It is easy to add them. Submit the proposal as a keyword, and a comma separated list of values you would like it to randomly pick from.
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