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=== Lists as Noun Types ===
Suppose you're writing a command that takes a color as an argument (perhaps it outputs a hexadecimal RGB representation of that color.) To make a nountype that accepts colors, you can simply pass in an array of strings:
<pre>
names: ["convert color"],
arguments: [{role: "object",
nountype: ["red", "orange", "yellow", "green",
"blue", "violet", "black", "white",
"grey", "brown", "beige", "magenta",
"cerulean", "puce"],
label: "color to convert"}]
</pre>
One benefit of using a list is that the parser can use it offer the user suggestions. If the user enters "get-color bl", for instance, Ubiquity will be able to suggest "black" and "blue" as the two valid completions based on the input. This makes list-based nountypes very useful for any command that can accept only a finite set of values.
=== Writing a Noun Type Object ===
