Added chance operators to inline help

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## Chance operators
Chance operators returning a boolean value are also available. They are super important because they also exist for another mechanism called **chaining**. Checkout the **Chaining** page to learn how to use them in different contexts!
By default chance operators will be evaluated 48 times within a beat. You can change this value by providing a number of beats as an argument. Default value is 1. Change operators can also be used to randomly apply other operators.
- <ic>odds(n: number, beats?: number)</ic>: returns true for every n (odds) (eg. 1/4 = 0.25) in given number of beats
- <ic>never(beats?: number)</ic>: returns false. Can be handy when switching between different probabilities
- <ic>almostNever(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true 0.1% of the time in given number of beats
- <ic>rarely(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true 1% of the time in given number of beats
- <ic>scarcely(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true 10% of the time in given number of beats
- <ic>sometimes(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true 50% of the time in given number of beats
- <ic>often(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true 75% of the time in given number of beats
- <ic>frequently(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true 90% of the time in given number of beats
- <ic>almostAlways(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true 99% of the time in given number of beats
- <ic>always(beats?: number)</ic>: returns true. Can be handy when switching between different probabilities
- <ic>odds(n: number, sec?: number)</ic>: returns true for every n (odds) (eg. 1/4 = 0.25) in given seconds (sec)
- <ic>almostNever(sec?: number)</ic>: returns true 0.1% in given seconds (sec)
- <ic>rarely(sec?: number)</ic>: returns true 1% in given seconds (sec)
- <ic>scaresly(sec?: number)</ic>: returns true 10% in given seconds (sec)
- <ic>sometimes(sec?: number)</ic>: returns true 50% in given seconds (sec)
- <ic>often(sec?: number)</ic>: returns true 75% in given seconds (sec)
- <ic>frequently(sec?: number)</ic>: returns true 90% in given seconds (sec)
- <ic>almostAlways(sec?: number)</ic>: returns true 99% in given seconds (sec)
Examples:
${makeExample(
"Using chance operators",
`
rarely() :: sound('hh').out(); // Rarely 48 times is still a lot
rarely(4) :: sound('bd').out(); // Rarely in 4 beats is bit less
rarely(8) :: sound('east').out(); // Rarely in 8 beats is even less
`,
true
)}
${makeExample(
"Using chance with other operators",
`
frequently() :: mod(1) :: sound('kick').out();
often() :: mod(0.5) :: sound('hh').out();
sometimes() :: onbeat(1,3) :: sound('snare').out();
`,
true
)}
${makeExample(
"Using chance with chaining",
`
mod(0.5) && sound("bd")
.freq(100)
.sometimes(s=>s.crush(2.5))
.out()
mod(0.5) && sound('arp').freq(100)
.sometimes(n=>n.freq(200).delay(0.5))
.rarely(n=>n.freq(300).delay(2.5))
.almostNever(n=>n.freq(400))
.out()
`,
true
)}
## Math functions
- <ic>max(...values: number[]): number</ic>: returns the maximum value of a list of numbers.