Script to delete letters from a word enetered by a user.

monia5305

Hi all. I would like to create a script to delete the letters (from the list I created) from the word entered by a user and display it as a new word (stored as variable “new_word”)

I'm struggling to understand how to get there as I've tried multiple scripts and I am not getting anywhere. I hope you can help me.

CamG777

set [New Word v] to []
set [Counter v] to [1]
ask [word] and wait
repeat (length of (answer))
if <not <[List v] contains (letter (Counter) of (answer)) ?>> then
set [New Word v] to (join (New Word) (letter (Counter) of (answer)))
end
change [counter v] by (1)
end

Last edited by CamG777 (Jan. 18, 2022 01:38:32)

helloworldbyeworld

CamG777 wrote:

set [New Word v] to []
set [Counter v] to [1]
ask [word] and wait
repeat (length of (answer))
if <not <[List v] contains (letter (Counter) of (answer)) ?>> then
set [New Word v] to (join (New Word) (letter (Counter) of (answer)))
end

end

That won’t work because you need to change the counter at the end of the loop.

CamG777

helloworldbyeworld wrote:
CamG777 wrote:
set [New Word v] to []
set [Counter v] to [1]
ask [word] and wait
repeat (length of (answer))
if <not <[List v] contains (letter (Counter) of (answer)) ?>> then
set [New Word v] to (join (New Word) (letter (Counter) of (answer)))
end

end
That won’t work because you need to change the counter at the end of the loop.

whoops! Will edit to change that. Thanks for pointing it out

monia5305

CamG777 wrote:
helloworldbyeworld wrote:
CamG777 wrote:
set [New Word v] to []
set [Counter v] to [1]
ask [word] and wait
repeat (length of (answer))
if <not <[List v] contains (letter (Counter) of (answer)) ?>> then
set [New Word v] to (join (New Word) (letter (Counter) of (answer)))
end

end
That won’t work because you need to change the counter at the end of the loop.
whoops! Will edit to change that. Thanks for pointing it out

Thanks for your help! I just tried it but is still isn't working for me. I'm not sure why. I'm trying to paste a screenshot of what I'm doing but it doesn;t work

CamG777

Yeah new scratchers can't post screenshoots.

I made a mistake in the code that helloworld pointed out. Did you get the change counter by 1 block?

monia5305

CamG777 wrote:
Yeah new scratchers can't post screenshoots.

I made a mistake in the code that helloworld pointed out. Did you get the change counter by 1 block?

Yes, I've included it in. It is now deleting the letters I need deleted (yay) but is duplicating the first letter of the original word.

So what I'm trying to do:
I've created a list of letters from n-z.
I want these letters to be removed from the word the user enters, for example, if they enter bus, only b should remain. At the moment the B is being repeted 3 times. If I enter london, I end up with LLLLLL because London has 6 letters. Not sure how this is happening. I would like to end up with just Ld as the rest of the letters should be removed.

I hope it makes sense!

CamG777

Well you're doing something wrong because it works for me

https://turbowarp.org/629794105

monia5305

CamG777 wrote:
Well you're doing something wrong because it works for me

https://turbowarp.org/629794105

I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong

deck26

monia5305 wrote:
CamG777 wrote:
Well you're doing something wrong because it works for me

https://turbowarp.org/629794105

I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong

But given this is an assignment (same question has been asked repeatedly in the forum) you shouldn't expect to get your answer presented to you.

If you have a list or variable containing the letters you want to omit all you're doing is buiilding a copy of the text by adding (or not adding) each letter in turn. That's just a basic loop using a coounter variable to move to the next letter and a check against the list or variable that contains the characters.

monia5305

deck26 wrote:
monia5305 wrote:
CamG777 wrote:
Well you're doing something wrong because it works for me

https://turbowarp.org/629794105

I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong
But given this is an assignment (same question has been asked repeatedly in the forum) you shouldn't expect to get your answer presented to you.

If you have a list or variable containing the letters you want to omit all you're doing is buiilding a copy of the text by adding (or not adding) each letter in turn. That's just a basic loop using a coounter variable to move to the next letter and a check against the list or variable that contains the characters.

Of course, I'm not expecting an answer to be given to me on a plate. I'm just struggling to wrap my head around it. I understand the task, and I know what needs to be done, but for some reason it isn't translating onto the program for me. I'm having a hard time understanding where I'm going wring. That's all

deck26

monia5305 wrote:
deck26 wrote:
monia5305 wrote:
CamG777 wrote:
Well you're doing something wrong because it works for me

https://turbowarp.org/629794105

I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong
But given this is an assignment (same question has been asked repeatedly in the forum) you shouldn't expect to get your answer presented to you.

If you have a list or variable containing the letters you want to omit all you're doing is buiilding a copy of the text by adding (or not adding) each letter in turn. That's just a basic loop using a coounter variable to move to the next letter and a check against the list or variable that contains the characters.

Of course, I'm not expecting an answer to be given to me on a plate. I'm just struggling to wrap my head around it. I understand the task, and I know what needs to be done, but for some reason it isn't translating onto the program for me. I'm having a hard time understanding where I'm going wring. That's all

So share what you have and ask for a hint.

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