This extension adds new blocks to allow for scratch to have Maps/Dictionaries, like most programming languages. The name is undecided, as “Map” may make people think that it gives a map of a location. It's currently dictionary, but that might give users the idea that it give you word definitions.

New Blocks:

set [hello] of [my dictionary v] to [world] :: #ef5350 // Sets key (hello) of dictionary to value (world)

change [hello] of [my dictionary v] by [!] :: #ef5350 // Will add to a number or add on to the end of a string

get [hello] of [my dictionary v] :: #ef5350 reporter // "world!"

[my dictionary v] :: #ef5350 reporter

// All inputs accept variables!

Issues:

• You can't yet add a new dictionary, “my dictionary” is the only choice
  
• Scratch 3 has a bug where reporters from URL extensions don't work. I'll be looking into that more
  
• Dictionaries are not saved to the project. I'm looking into how to get around that.
  

You can try it using @Sheep_tester's Scratch 3 Extensions Loader at https://sheeptester.github.io/scratch-gui/?url=https://jamesbmadden.github.io/scratch-extensions/dictionary-stable.js

What's the point of the

change [hello] of [my dictionary v] by (1)

block? Seems kinda useless since you can just use join

clawthirtythree wrote:

What's the point of the

change [hello] of [my dictionary v] by (1)

block? Seems kinda useless since you can just use join

Yeah, but variables have that block, and the idea is to emulate the variable blocks, so if you're making a counter, for example, you can write

change [index] of [my dictionary v] by (1) :: #ef5350

instead of

set [index] of [my dictionary v] to ((get [index] of [my dictionary v] :: #ef5350) +  (1)) :: #ef5350

also, reporters currently don't work properly on URL extensions in Scratch 3, so would be unable to do the latter anyway.

Any way I can see the extension code? I'm trying to get into making Scratch extensions and I'm looking at 3.0 extensions to see how they work.

venyanwarrior wrote:

Any way I can see the extension code? I'm trying to get into making Scratch extensions and I'm looking at 3.0 extensions to see how they work.

Here's the code:
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jamesbmadden/a94227a2e1aaa467032649f9c87fa3f7/raw/843d8d0c03ffd958da93ba51d45acf56d1343a0d/dictionary.js
Ignore the icon variable at the top, it's an image encoded as a string.

Sorry to bother you, but I'm quite new to Scratch 3.0 extensions. How do I load external extension like this to my project?

HarmonyCalcium wrote:

Sorry to bother you, but I'm quite new to Scratch 3.0 extensions. How do I load external extension like this to my project?

Scratch 3 currently has no way to load Unofficial Scratch Extensions. That will be coming later this year. For now, you can use https://sheeptester.github.io/scratch-gui to load extensions. Just press the extensions button (blue button in bottom left), select “choose an extension”, and paste a URL to a JavaScript file for the extension.

JGames101 wrote:

HarmonyCalcium wrote:

Sorry to bother you, but I'm quite new to Scratch 3.0 extensions. How do I load external extension like this to my project?

Scratch 3 currently has no way to load Unofficial Scratch Extensions. That will be coming later this year. For now, you can use https://sheeptester.github.io/scratch-gui to load extensions. Just press the extensions button (blue button in bottom left), select “choose an extension”, and paste a URL to a JavaScript file for the extension.

Ty! I'm so excited to find out this! I will try making some extensions now!

Seam49 wrote:

Duplicate
.

This isn't a suggestion, so it's not a duplicate, nor is it an actual dictionary. It's a Scratch 3 Extension for the Programming term dictionary, which is a series of key/value pairs.

Hey! This is a pretty cool extension, and one I tried to make a while back. The issue I assume you're facing is that Scratch wont update the menu listing the dictionaries, and that's why only one works. Well, after some digging around in the code, I found a solution! Instead of calling the function to get the list (MAPS: this._getMaps()) you should just put the name of the function (MAPS: “_getMaps”). It should fix the issue!

JoshyRobot wrote:

Hey! This is a pretty cool extension, and one I tried to make a while back. The issue I assume you're facing is that Scratch wont update the menu listing the dictionaries, and that's why only one works. Well, after some digging around in the code, I found a solution! Instead of calling the function to get the list (MAPS: this._getMaps()) you should just put the name of the function (MAPS: “_getMaps”). It should fix the issue!

It breaks without the call. I think Scratch is expecting an Array there, not a function, so it breaks without an invocation.

JGames101 wrote:

JoshyRobot wrote:

Hey! This is a pretty cool extension, and one I tried to make a while back. The issue I assume you're facing is that Scratch wont update the menu listing the dictionaries, and that's why only one works. Well, after some digging around in the code, I found a solution! Instead of calling the function to get the list (MAPS: this._getMaps()) you should just put the name of the function (MAPS: “_getMaps”). It should fix the issue!

It breaks without the call. I think Scratch is expecting an Array there, not a function, so it breaks without an invocation.

The code seems to be expecting a function (If I put in anything other than an array or function there's an error trying to call the other type, which obviously you can't do) so I don't know why it's not working… The _getMaps() function definitely returns the right format… idk.

Perhaps you may want to consider using a Map instead of an object… “__proto__” starts out as an empty dictionary (when it shouldn't even exist).

Hi,

This is an awesome thing! But, question : You can store a dictionnary into a variable, but can you do the reverse operation, parsing a variable storing a dictionnary as a dictionnary?

Locness wrote:

Hi,

This is an awesome thing! But, question : You can store a dictionnary into a variable, but can you do the reverse operation, parsing a variable storing a dictionnary as a dictionnary?

Maybe,
but that doesn't really make sense.
Like your thinking though!

I love the extension and the idea. Why not suggest it in RichieNB's 3.0 extensions directory?

also, @daneq_qwerty, please don't blockspam.

Now listed in the extension directory!

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For scratch

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this is a example