Array and Object literal notation

var avocab = [
    // This is the array literal notation
    // of the vocabulary of the humanoid generator at
    // http://springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/humanoid.htm.
    // As you can see, you are allowed to put comments
    // even in the middle of defining an array (or an object).
    // You are free to add and remove spaces and tabs and newlines as you please
    // in this notation as you can in the rest of JavaScript,
    // which you can use to your advantage to give a visual indication
    // of where things are structured.

    // This is a faithful rerendering of the data structure used in the page,
    // although a more natural way of doing this is to use an associative array,
    // which is in JavaScript implemented as an object, using {}.
    ["FIRST",
     ["The average member of this race <build> and <height>. "
      // Long strings can be broken up using +.
      // Here the plus is added at the beginning of the line
      // to help indicate that this is a continuation of the previous line.
      + "They <epidermis>. "
      + "They have <feature>. "
      + " <wardrobe>. "
      + " <theylive> <environment>. "
      + " <personality> <trivia>."]],
    ["build",
     // Entries are separated using a comma.
     // Arrays inside arrays are very intuitively written:
     // [ousideTheInnerArray, [insideTheInnerArray1, inside2]].
     ["has a delicate build",
      "has a slender build",
      "has a stocky build",
      "has a build similar to that of humans"]],
    ["height",
     ["is extremely tall",
      "is quite tall",
      "is a little taller than humans on average",
      "is extremely short",
      "is quite short",
      "is a little shorter than humans on average",
      "is around the same height as the average human"]],
    ["epidermis",
     ["have <complexions-human> skin and <hair>",
      "have <complexions-human> skin and <hair-human>",
      "have <complexions> and <hair>",
      "have <deccolors> skin and <hair>",
      "have skin covered in <deccolors> scales"]],
    ["complexions",
     ["<complexions-unwild> skin",
      "<complexions-human> skin",
      "<deccolors> skin"]],
    ["hair",
     ["are completely hairless",
      "are completely hairless",
      "are completely hairless",
      "are covered with <haircolor> hair",
      "have <haircolor> hair",
      "have <haircolor> hair",
      "have <haircolor> hair",
      "have <haircolor> hair",
      "have <haircolor> hair"]],
    ["hair-human",
     ["are completely hairless",
      "are covered with <haircolor-human> hair",
      "have <haircolor-human> hair"]],
    // It is not necessary to use a new line for every entry.
    ["haircolor", ["<haircolor-human>", "<deccolors>"]],
    ["haircolor-human",
     ["black",
      "black to brown",
      "blond",
      "blond to brown",
      "brown",
      "red",
      "red to brown",
      "red to blond",
      "white",
      "white to blond"]],
    ["complexions-unwild",
     ["<shade-g><tint> gray",
      "<shade-g><tint>",
      "<shade-un-2>green",
      "<shade-un-2>blue",
      "<shade-g>grayish <grayish>",
      "<shade-nv>brownish <brownish>"]],
    ["complexions-human",
     ["brown",
      "dark",
      "dark brown",
      "light to medium brown",
      "medium brown",
      "medium to dark brown",
      "fair to dark brown",
      "pale to dark brown",
      "fair",
      "pale",
      "fair to pale"]],
    ["feature",
     ["<featureMarkings> and <featureEyes>",
      "<featureEyes>",
      "<featureEars> and <featureEyes>",
      "<featureEars>, <featureMarkings>, and <featureEyes>",
      "<featureMarkings>, <featureFace>, and <featureEyes>",
      "<featureFace> and <featureEyes>",
      "<featureEars>, <featureFace>, and <featureEyes>",
      "<featureEars>, <featureMarkings>, <featureFace>, and <featureEyes>",
      "<featureMarkings> and facial features that put you in mind of <animal>",
      "<featureMarkings>, <featureEyes-2>," +
      " and facial features that put you in mind of <animal>",
      "<featureEyes-2> and facial features that put you in mind of <animal>"]],
    ["animal",
     // Nor do you need to have a fixed number of entries for each line.
     // The writer is free to choose any spacing.
     ["a cat", "a dog", "a rabbit", "a moose", "a seal", "an iguana",
      "a snake", "a deer", "a rat", "a mouse", "a lizard", "a wolf",
      "a monkey", "a turtle", "a bird", "an owl", "a beetle", "a moth",
      "a horned toad", "a spider", "a buffalo", "an antelope", "a frog"]],
    ["featureMarkings",
     ["<Markings> on their <BodyPart>"]],
    ["featureEars",
     ["antennae rather than ears",
      "cat-like ears",
      "ears shaped like leaves",
      "long, pointed ears",
      "very large ears",
      "very small ears"]],
    ["featureEyes",
     ["<eyecolor> eyes",
      "<eyecolor> <eyetype> eyes",
      "large, <eyecolor> eyes",
      "small, <eyecolor> eyes"]],
    ["featureEyes-2", ["<eyecolor> eyes"]],
    ["eyetype",
     ["cat-like", "fish-like", "bird-like", "insectoid", "octopus-like"]],
    ["eyecolor", ["<eyecolor-human>", "<deccolors>", "<metallic>"]],
    ["eyecolor-human",
     ["black", "blue", "brown", "dark", "gray", "green"]],
    ["Markings",
     ["colorful markings",
      "distinctive markings",
      "<spotcritter>-like spots",
      "<stripecritter>-like stripes"]],
    ["spotcritter",
     ["leopard", "cheetah", "giraffe", "fawn", "jaguar"]],
    ["stripecritter", ["tiger", "tabby", "okapi"]],
    ["featureFace", ["<FaceFeature> on their <FacePart>"]],
    ["FaceFeature",
     ["small ridges",
      "delicate ridges",
      "extensive ridges",
      "prominent ridges",
      "ridges",
      "small hornlike protrusions",
      "hornlike protrusions",
      "prominent hornlike protrusions"]],
    ["FacePart", ["ears", "foreheads", "heads", "noses"]],
    ["BodyPart",
     ["faces",
      "faces, necks, and bodies",
      "arms and legs",
      "bodies"]],
    ["wardrobe",
     ["They wear <clothing>",
      "They wear <clothing> and <accessories>"]],
    ["clothing",
     ["<clothingDesc> clothing",
      "<clothingDesc> clothing that covers most of their bodies",
      "<clothingDesc> clothing that covers the essentials",
      "<clothingDesc> clothing that leaves very little to the imagination",
      "<clothingDesc>, modest clothing",
      "highly technological suits"]],
    ["clothingDesc",
     ["colorful",
      "drab",
      "richly-decorated",
      "simple"]],
    ["accessories",
     ["very little jewelry",
      "a lot of jewelry",
      "decorations that show their rank",
      "<jewelryDesc> bracelets",
      "<jewelryDesc> jewelry",
      "<jewelryDesc> pendants",
      "cybernetic implants"]],
    ["jewelryDesc",
     ["finely crafted",
      "ostentatious",
      "simple",
      "tasteful"]],
    ["theylive",
     ["Their native habitat is",
      "They are well-adapted to",
      "They come from"]],
    ["environment",
     ["a cold climate",
      "an aquatic environment",
      "an extremely cold climate",
      "a hot, dry climate",
      "a temperate climate",
      "a tropical environment",
      "a warm climate"]],
    ["trivia",
     ["they are well-known for their <stuff>",
      "their leaders are interested in learning about other peoples' <stuff>",
      "many of them have expressed interest"
      + " in learning about other peoples' <stuff>",
      "<conquestystuff>"]],
    ["conquestystuff",
     ["at large they are out for conquest",
      "many of their leaders have an aggressive expansionist policy",
      "they have started several new colonies lately"]],
    ["personality",
     ["They are generally <trait> and",
      "They tend to be <trait> and",
      "They are often <trait> and",
      "For the most part, their culture highly regards <trait2> and",
      "Many of them place high importance on <trait2> and"]],
    ["trait2",
     ["caution",
      "curiosity",
      "intellectualism",
      "loyalty",
      "patriotism",
      "tenacity",
      "tradition"]],
    ["trait",
     ["cautious", "friendly", "intellectual", "mystical", "optimistic",
      "pessimistic", "peaceful", "playful", "religious", "warlike",
      "xenophobic"]],
    ["stuff",
     ["advances in medicine",
      "art",
      "contributions to science",
      "cuisine",
      "literature",
      "music",
      "philosophies"]],
    ["deccolors", ["<warmcolor>", "<coolcolor>", "<gradient>", "<bw>"]],
    ["mostlycoolend",
     ["and <mbwwc>",
      "and <mbwwc>",
      "<warmcolor>, and <bw>",
      "<metallic>, and <bw>"]],
    ["gradient",
     ["<shade-un>red-to-yellow",
      "<shade-un>red-to-brown",
      "<shade-un>red-to-orange",
      "<shade-un>orange-to-yellow",
      "<shade-un>orange-to-brown",
      "<shade-un>magenta-to-pink",
      "<shade-un>magenta-to-brown",
      "<shade-un>magenta-to-orange",
      "<shade-un>yellow-to-green",
      "<shade-un>yellow-to-blue",
      "<shade-un-2>green-to-turquoise",
      "<shade-un-2>green-to-blue",
      "<shade-un-2>turqoise-to-blue",
      "<shade-un-2>blue-to-indigo",
      "<shade-un-2>blue-to-purple",
      "<shade-un-2>indigo-to-purple",
      "<shade-un>brown"]],
    ["warmcolor",
     ["<shade-nv>brown",
      "magenta",
      "<shade-nl>red",
      "<shade-nl>red",
      "<shade>pink",
      "<shade-nd>yellow",
      "<shade-nd>yellow",
      "<shade-nd>orange"]],
    ["coolcolor",
     ["<shade>aqua",
      "<shade>green",
      "<shade>green",
      "<shade>blue",
      "<shade>blue",
      "<shade>blue",
      "<shade>purple",
      "<shade>purple",
      "<shade>turquoise"]],
    ["metallic", ["brass", "copper", "gold", "silver"]],
    ["grayish", ["green", "blue", "purple", "indigo", "turquoise", "brown"]],
    ["brownish", ["red", "orange"]],
    ["bw", ["black", "<shade-g>gray", "<shade-g><tint> gray", "white"]],
    ["mbw", ["<metallic>", "<bw>"]],
    ["mbwcc", ["<metallic>", "<bw>", "<coolcolor>"]],
    ["mbwwc", ["<metallic>", "<bw>", "<warmcolor>"]],
    ["shade", ["variating ", "light ", "vivid ", "dark ", "muted ", "drab ", ""]],
    ["shade-g", ["variating ", "light ", "dark ", ""]],
    ["tint", ["greenish", "bluish", "pinkish", "purplish", "tealish"]],
    ["shade-nl", ["variating ", "dark ", "vivid ", "muted ", "drab ", ""]],
    ["shade-nd", ["variating ", "pastel ", "vivid ", "muted ", "drab ", ""]],
    ["shade-nv",
     ["variating ", "light ", "dark ", "rich ", "muted ", "drab ", ""]],
    ["shade-un",
     ["variating ", "gradiating ", "muted ", "drab ", ""]],
    ["shade-un-2", ["<shade-un>", "<shade>"]],
    ["THIRD", [""]]
]

var objvocab = {
    // This is the object literal notation version.
    // Objects are special arrays
    // where every entry in the array
    // has a name associated with it, called a "key".
    // The thing that it names is called a value,
    // and together they are called a key-value pair.

    // Each key-value pair in JS
    // is written `key: value`
    // and are separated by commas
    // if the key is a string made purely of alphanumeric text,
    // you may leave it unquoted,
    // but it is best to quote it at all times.

    // The same formatting rules for arrays (that is, none)
    // also apply with objects.
    // If you want to get the thing whose name is `foo`,
    // then you can get to the array that is associated with foo by writing
    // `obj.foo` or `obj["foo"]`. Either one works,
    // but if `foo` is a variable that holds a key (which is a string),
    // you must write `obj[foo]`.
    "FIRST": [
        // Most editors that have automatic indentation
        // indent better when you put the opening bracket
        // hanging out on the side like this.
        // It even handles the + sign trick well.
        "The average member of this race <build> and <height>. "
            + "They <epidermis>. "
            + "They have <feature>. "
            + " <wardrobe>. "
            + " <theylive> <environment>. "
            + " <personality> <trivia>."],
    "build": [
        "has a delicate build",
        "has a slender build",
        "has a stocky build",
        "has a build similar to that of humans"],
    "height": [
        "is extremely tall",
        "is quite tall",
        "is a little taller than humans on average",
        "is extremely short",
        "is quite short",
        "is a little shorter than humans on average",
        "is around the same height as the average human"],
    "epidermis": [
        "have <complexions-human> skin and <hair>",
        "have <complexions-human> skin and <hair-human>",
        "have <complexions> and <hair>",
        "have <deccolors> skin and <hair>",
        "have skin covered in <deccolors> scales"],
    "complexions": [
        "<complexions-unwild> skin",
        "<complexions-human> skin",
        "<deccolors> skin"],
    "hair": [
        "are completely hairless",
        "are completely hairless",
        "are completely hairless",
        "are covered with <haircolor> hair",
        "have <haircolor> hair",
        "have <haircolor> hair",
        "have <haircolor> hair",
        "have <haircolor> hair",
        "have <haircolor> hair"],
    "hair-human": [
        "are completely hairless",
        "are covered with <haircolor-human> hair",
        "have <haircolor-human> hair"],
    "haircolor": ["<haircolor-human>", "<deccolors>"],
    "haircolor-human": [
        "black",
        "black to brown",
        "blond",
        "blond to brown",
        "brown",
        "red",
        "red to brown",
        "red to blond",
        "white",
        "white to blond"],
    "complexions-unwild": [
        "<shade-g><tint> gray",
        "<shade-g><tint>",
        "<shade-un-2>green",
        "<shade-un-2>blue",
        "<shade-g>grayish <grayish>",
        "<shade-nv>brownish <brownish>"],
    "complexions-human" : [
        "brown",
        "dark",
        "dark brown",
        "light to medium brown",
        "medium brown",
        "medium to dark brown",
        "fair to dark brown",
        "pale to dark brown",
        "fair",
        "pale",
        "fair to pale"],
    "feature": [
        "<featureMarkings> and <featureEyes>",
        "<featureEyes>",
        "<featureEars> and <featureEyes>",
        "<featureEars>, <featureMarkings>, and <featureEyes>",
        "<featureMarkings>, <featureFace>, and <featureEyes>",
        "<featureFace> and <featureEyes>",
        "<featureEars>, <featureFace>, and <featureEyes>",
        "<featureEars>, <featureMarkings>, <featureFace>, and <featureEyes>",
        "<featureMarkings> and facial features "
            + "that put you in mind of <animal>",
        "<featureMarkings>, <featureEyes-2>,"
            + " and facial features that put you in mind of <animal>",
        "<featureEyes-2> and facial features that put you in mind of <animal>"],
    "animal": [
        "a cat", "a dog", "a rabbit", "a moose", "a seal", "an iguana",
        "a snake", "a deer", "a rat", "a mouse", "a lizard", "a wolf",
        "a monkey", "a turtle", "a bird", "an owl", "a beetle", "a moth",
        "a horned toad", "a spider", "a buffalo", "an antelope", "a frog"],
    "featureMarkings": ["<Markings> on their <BodyPart>"],
    "featureEars": [
        "antennae rather than ears",
        "cat-like ears",
        "ears shaped like leaves",
        "long, pointed ears",
        "very large ears",
        "very small ears"],
    "featureEyes": [
        "<eyecolor> eyes",
        "<eyecolor> <eyetype> eyes",
        "large, <eyecolor> eyes",
        "small, <eyecolor> eyes"],
    "featureEyes-2": ["<eyecolor> eyes"],
    "eyetype": [
        "cat-like", "fish-like", "bird-like", "insectoid", "octopus-like"],
    "eyecolor"      : ["<eyecolor-human>", "<deccolors>", "<metallic>"],
    "eyecolor-human": ["black", "blue", "brown", "dark", "gray", "green"],
    "Markings": [
        "colorful markings",
        "distinctive markings",
        "<spotcritter>-like spots",
        "<stripecritter>-like stripes"],
    "spotcritter": ["leopard", "cheetah", "giraffe", "fawn", "jaguar"],
    "stripecritter": ["tiger", "tabby", "okapi"],
    "featureFace": ["<FaceFeature> on their <FacePart>"],
    "FaceFeature": [
        "small ridges",
        "delicate ridges",
        "extensive ridges",
        "prominent ridges",
        "ridges",
        "small hornlike protrusions",
        "hornlike protrusions",
        "prominent hornlike protrusions"],
    "FacePart": ["ears", "foreheads", "heads", "noses"],
    "BodyPart": [
        "faces",
        "faces, necks, and bodies",
        "arms and legs",
        "bodies"],
    "wardrobe": ["They wear <clothing>",
                 "They wear <clothing> and <accessories>"],
    // ^ This formatting style is slightly different –
    // The first entry is written on the same line
    // as the key.
    // This is alright but it's best to stick to one style.
    "clothing": [
        "<clothingDesc> clothing",
        "<clothingDesc> clothing that covers most of their bodies",
        "<clothingDesc> clothing that covers the essentials",
        "<clothingDesc> clothing that leaves very little to the imagination",
        "<clothingDesc>, modest clothing",
        "highly technological suits"],
    "clothingDesc": [
        "colorful",
        "drab",
        "richly-decorated",
        "simple"],
    "accessories": [
        "very little jewelry",
        "a lot of jewelry",
        "decorations that show their rank",
        "<jewelryDesc> bracelets",
        "<jewelryDesc> jewelry",
        "<jewelryDesc> pendants",
        "cybernetic implants"],
    "jewelryDesc": [
        "finely crafted",
        "ostentatious",
        "simple",
        "tasteful"],
    "theylive": [
        "Their native habitat is",
        "They are well-adapted to",
        "They come from"],
    "environment": [
        "a cold climate",
        "an aquatic environment",
        "an extremely cold climate",
        "a hot, dry climate",
        "a temperate climate",
        "a tropical environment",
        "a warm climate"],
    "trivia": [
        "they are well-known for their <stuff>",
        "their leaders are interested in learning about other peoples' <stuff>",
        "many of them have expressed interest" +
            " in learning about other peoples' <stuff>",
        "<conquestystuff>"],
    "conquestystuff": [
        "at large they are out for conquest",
        "many of their leaders have an aggressive expansionist policy",
        "they have started several new colonies lately"],
    "personality": [
        "They are generally <trait> and",
        "They tend to be <trait> and",
        "They are often <trait> and",
        "For the most part, their culture highly regards <trait2> and",
        "Many of them place high importance on <trait2> and"],
    "trait2": [
        "caution",
        "curiosity",
        "intellectualism",
        "loyalty",
        "patriotism",
        "tenacity",
        "tradition"],
    "trait": [
        "cautious", "friendly", "intellectual", "mystical", "optimistic",
        "pessimistic", "peaceful", "playful", "religious", "warlike",
        "xenophobic"],
    "stuff": [
        "advances in medicine",
        "art",
        "contributions to science",
        "cuisine",
        "literature",
        "music",
        "philosophies"],
    "deccolors": ["<warmcolor>", "<coolcolor>", "<gradient>", "<bw>"],
    "mostlycoolend": [
        "and <mbwwc>",
        "and <mbwwc>",
        "<warmcolor>, and <bw>",
        "<metallic>, and <bw>"],
    "gradient": [
        "<shade-un>red-to-yellow",
        "<shade-un>red-to-brown",
        "<shade-un>red-to-orange",
        "<shade-un>orange-to-yellow",
        "<shade-un>orange-to-brown",
        "<shade-un>magenta-to-pink",
        "<shade-un>magenta-to-brown",
        "<shade-un>magenta-to-orange",
        "<shade-un>yellow-to-green",
        "<shade-un>yellow-to-blue",
        "<shade-un-2>green-to-turquoise",
        "<shade-un-2>green-to-blue",
        "<shade-un-2>turqoise-to-blue",
        "<shade-un-2>blue-to-indigo",
        "<shade-un-2>blue-to-purple",
        "<shade-un-2>indigo-to-purple",
        "<shade-un>brown"],
    "warmcolor": [
        "<shade-nv>brown",
        "magenta",
        "<shade-nl>red",
        "<shade-nl>red",
        "<shade>pink",
        "<shade-nd>yellow",
        "<shade-nd>yellow",
        "<shade-nd>orange"],
    "coolcolor": [
        "<shade>aqua",
        "<shade>green",
        "<shade>green",
        "<shade>blue",
        "<shade>blue",
        "<shade>blue",
        "<shade>purple",
        "<shade>purple",
        "<shade>turquoise"],
    // The ones here below are short enough
    // that the arrays can be written in one line.
    // You can align the arrays to each other for prettiness,
    // but again you don't need to.
    "metallic": ["brass", "copper", "gold", "silver"],
    "grayish":  ["green", "blue", "purple", "indigo", "turquoise", "brown"],
    "brownish": ["red", "orange"],
    "bw":       ["black", "<shade-g>gray", "<shade-g><tint> gray", "white"],
    "mbw":      ["<metallic>", "<bw>"],
    "mbwcc":    ["<metallic>", "<bw>", "<coolcolor>"],
    "mbwwc":    ["<metallic>", "<bw>", "<warmcolor>"],
    "shade":    ["variating ", "light ", "vivid ", "dark ", "muted ", "drab ",
                 ""],
    "shade-g":  ["variating ", "light ", "dark ", ""],
    "tint":     ["greenish", "bluish", "pinkish", "purplish", "tealish"],
    "shade-nl": ["variating ", "dark ", "vivid ", "muted ", "drab ", ""],
    "shade-nd": ["variating ", "pastel ", "vivid ", "muted ", "drab ", ""],
    "shade-nv": ["variating ", "light ", "dark ", "rich ",
                 "muted ", "drab ", ""],
    "shade-un": ["variating ", "gradiating ", "muted ", "drab ", ""],
    "shade-un-2": ["<shade-un>", "<shade>"],
    "THIRD": [""]
}