Put the while block in the block palette

RENZOYGRECIA

no is false

repeat until <not <condition>>
function
end

i no do gray how to make this

horizontal_shading

RENZOYGRECIA wrote:
no is false
repeat until <not <condition>>
function
end
i no do gray how to make this

Please don't necropost, but I support

Last edited by horizontal_shading (Feb. 9, 2024 03:19:18)

medians

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DangerPuppy10

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A yes, people writing nothing is just AMAZING!

medians

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medians wrote:
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A yes, people writing nothing is just AMAZING!

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RENZOYGRECIA

medians wrote:
mumu245 wrote:
medians wrote:
That was their point, and it's one block.
It was a joke, to demonstrate that using workarounds isn't always ok.
Uhm did you mean to quote the person that i quoted

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RethinkingVoxels

RENZOYGRECIA wrote:
medians wrote:
mumu245 wrote:
medians wrote:
That was their point, and it's one block.
It was a joke, to demonstrate that using workarounds isn't always ok.
Uhm did you mean to quote the person that i quoted
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hotcrystal

Sorry to necropost, but I support this because many programming languages have a while loop, and so this block should be added back to the block palette, even though it functions the same as repeat until not.

medians

duckboycool wrote:
They removed it since it was useless, like forever if. Two block workarounds do not need to warrant a block.

The workarounds work fine and are so simple.

In case anyone is wondering, forever if was removed because of the fact that it was confusing, not because of the workaround.

Roblox888i wrote:
Lets remove:
move () steps
Because:
change x by ()

How does this have to do with the suggestion though?
Also, move () steps moves based on direction.

hotcrystal wrote:
Sorry to necropost, but I support this because many programming languages have a while loop, and so this block should be added back to the block palette, even though it functions the same as repeat until not.

This wouldn't be considered necroposting, since the suggestion is still relevant now, and hasn't been implemented.

mumu245

medians wrote:
(#129)
Also, move () steps moves based on direction.

Yeah, you'd need trigonometry to do that yourself.

hotcrystal

Bump.

RENZOYGRECIA

While

end

bubgamer07

RENZOYGRECIA wrote:
while <> {
}:: control

(i fixed it for you)
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i find it ironic that scratch has the repeat until block instead of the while block while in most languages it's reversed

hotcrystal

bubgamer07 wrote:
i find it ironic that scratch has the repeat until block instead of the while block while in most languages it's reversed

Scratch is supposed to be a programming language for beginners, so it should have functions that match ones in other programming languages. It’s a good thing that the while block even exists and is fully functional.

hotcrystal

Bump?

CST1229

I feel like the reason the while block isn't in the block palette is because it might slightly confuse new users about control flow; as in they'd try to make a script like

when flag clicked
while <mouse down?> {
move (10) steps
} :: control

and then question why their sprite isn't moving when they release and hold the mouse button (because the block does not repeat forever). “repeat until not”, meanwhile, would be very clear in this case.

Just my thoughts.

Last edited by CST1229 (June 16, 2025 19:54:50)

gilbert_given_189

CST1229 wrote:
I feel like the reason the while block isn't in the block palette is because it might slightly confuse new users about control flow; as in they'd try to make a script like
when flag clicked
while <mouse down?> {
move (10) steps
} :: control
and then question why their sprite isn't moving when they release and hold the mouse button (because the block does not repeat forever). “repeat until not”, meanwhile, would be very clear in this case.

Just my thoughts.

How about rephrasing the block to `repeat while <>`?

CST1229

gilbert_given_189 wrote:
(#137)
CST1229 wrote:
I feel like the reason the while block isn't in the block palette is because it might slightly confuse new users about control flow; as in they'd try to make a script like
when flag clicked
while <mouse down?> {
move (10) steps
} :: control
and then question why their sprite isn't moving when they release and hold the mouse button (because the block does not repeat forever). “repeat until not”, meanwhile, would be very clear in this case.

Just my thoughts.
How about rephrasing the block to `repeat while <>`?

might work

hotcrystal

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